NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 1800

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 134 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 5 March 2007
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt vs 134 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
Around 31% better floating-point performance: 230.4 gflops vs 176 gflops
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 419 vs 402
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 57
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3230 vs 2917
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3230 vs 2917

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	96 vs 64
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops vs 176 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	419 vs 402
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230 vs 2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230 vs 2917

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

402

419

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2917

3230

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2917

3230

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
PassMark - G3D Mark	402	419
PassMark - G2D Mark	57	120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917	3230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G80
Launch date	30 March 2009	5 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$489	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1429	1242
Price now	$186.29	$143.51
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	4.05	5.45
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	176 gflops	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	64	96
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	134 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	67.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3