NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Around 56% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
3.1x better floating-point performance: 80 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 131 vs 87

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	80 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	131 vs 87

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 50 Watt
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 308 vs 109

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	308 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

308

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
PassMark - G3D Mark	131	87
PassMark - G2D Mark	109	308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1027
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1027

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G84	G86
Launch date	1 June 2007	9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$149.90
Place in performance rating	1309	987
Price now	$149.90
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	16
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	17 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PowerMizer 7.0