NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 vs ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 and ATI Radeon 9800 SE 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 4600

ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 331 MHz
9.1x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 128 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 580 MHz
18x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 431 vs 24

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 331 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	431 vs 24

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 131 vs 127

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	131 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

431

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

131

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	431	24
PassMark - G2D Mark	127	131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 8
Code name	G80	R350
Launch date	5 March 2007	1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1214	1201
Price now	$143.51
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.45
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	331 MHz
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	1.324 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	Floppy
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	67.2 GB / s	9.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	580 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR