NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 370

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 337
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 September 2007 vs 28 June 2007
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 385 vs 337

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 360 MHz
  • Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
  • 7.5x more pipelines: 120 vs 16
  • 6.3x better floating-point performance: 144 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 211 vs 84
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1693 vs 628
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1693 vs 628
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate 4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Pipelines 120 vs 16
Floating-point performance 144 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 211 vs 84
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1693 vs 628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1693 vs 628

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
84
211
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
385
337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
628
1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
628
1693
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark 84 211
PassMark - G2D Mark 385 337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 628 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 628 1693

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Essentials

Architecture Tesla TeraScale
Code name G84 RV630
Launch date 12 September 2007 28 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Place in performance rating 866 867
Price now $92.75
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 1.17

Technical info

Core clock speed 360 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 23.04 gflops 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 16 120
Texture fill rate 2.88 GTexel / s 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 289 million 390 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR2 DDR2