NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M vs ATI Radeon X550 XT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M and ATI Radeon X550 XT 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 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
- 10x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
- 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
- 2.7x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 467 vs 56
- Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 365 vs 224
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 23 February 2008 vs 24 January 2007 |
Core clock speed | 500 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 16 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 110 nm |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 600 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 467 vs 56 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 365 vs 224 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M | ATI Radeon X550 XT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 467 | 56 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 365 | 224 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1820 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1820 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M | ATI Radeon X550 XT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | R400 |
Code name | G92 | RV410 |
Launch date | 23 February 2008 | 24 January 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 778 | 780 |
Type | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 400 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 160 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 110 nm |
Pipelines | 96 | |
Texture fill rate | 16 GTexel / s | 1.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt | |
Transistor count | 754 million | 120 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
HDCP | ||
HDMI | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-HE | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 51.1 GB / s | 9.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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HDCP-capable | ||
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting) | ||
PCI-E 16x | ||
PowerMizer 7.0 |