NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M and ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 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 Mobility FireGL V5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 96 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 850 MHz
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 467 vs 82
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 365 vs 223

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 February 2008 vs 3 February 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 850 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	467 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark	365 vs 223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

467

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

365

223

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M	ATI Mobility FireGL V5000
PassMark - G3D Mark	467	82
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 Mobility FireGL V5000
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R400
Code name	G92	M26
Launch date	23 February 2008	3 February 2005
Place in performance rating	785	788
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	96	8
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	120 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0b
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.1 GB / s	13.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	850 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
PCIe