NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 540 MHz
8.9x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 192 vs 16
12.1x better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 38.08 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
8.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 799 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 16
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 38.08 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	799 vs 92

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 108 Watt
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 100 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 108 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	100 vs 58

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

799

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

100

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	799	92
PassMark - G2D Mark	58	100
Geekbench - OpenCL	13337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3258

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G84
Launch date	30 March 2009	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$799
Place in performance rating	1355	1349
Price now	$109.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	9.89
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	38.08 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	192	16
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2