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).

 

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 779 780
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