NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 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 360M

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 87 vs 36
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 308 vs 172

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 May 2007 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	87 vs 36
PassMark - G2D Mark	308 vs 172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

308

172

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
PassMark - G3D Mark	87	36
PassMark - G2D Mark	308	172
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1027
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1027

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 8
Code name	G86	M10
Launch date	9 May 2007	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	990	992
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	16	4
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	76 million
Boost clock speed		300 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128 / 64
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
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