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).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

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

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	864	865
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