NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M vs ATI FireGL V7100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M and ATI FireGL V7100 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 3600M

ATI FireGL V7100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.6x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 6.084 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 91 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 54% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1040 MHz
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 467 vs 72
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 365 vs 223

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 February 2008 vs 1 December 2004
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 6.084 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 91 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1040 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	467 vs 72
PassMark - G2D Mark	365 vs 223

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7100

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 507 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	507 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

467

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

365

223

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M	ATI FireGL V7100
PassMark - G3D Mark	467	72
PassMark - G2D Mark	365	223
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1820
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1820

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M	ATI FireGL V7100
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R400
Code name	G92	R480
Launch date	23 February 2008	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	784	786
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,099
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	507 MHz
Floating-point performance	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	6.084 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	91 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		211 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0b
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.1 GB / s	33.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1040 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0