NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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 Radeon HD 2900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
2.2x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 467 vs 292
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 365 vs 344

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 February 2008 vs 6 November 2007
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	467 vs 292
PassMark - G2D Mark	365 vs 344

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 601 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 240 vs 96
Around 80% better floating-point performance: 288.48 gflops vs 160 gflops
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2648 vs 1820
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2648 vs 1820

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	601 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	240 vs 96
Floating-point performance	288.48 gflops vs 160 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2648 vs 1820
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2648 vs 1820

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

467

292

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

365

344

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1820

2648

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1820

2648

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	467	292
PassMark - G2D Mark	365	344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1820	2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1820	2648

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	R600
Launch date	23 February 2008	6 November 2007
Place in performance rating	776	777
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	601 MHz
Floating-point performance	160 gflops	288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	96	240
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	7.21 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	720 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
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.1 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0