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).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

ATI Radeon X550 XT

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

467

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

365

224

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M	ATI Radeon X550 XT
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
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R400
Code name	G92	RV410
Launch date	23 February 2008	24 January 2007
Place in performance rating	776	778
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
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	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
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0