NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 256 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 532 MHz
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 419 vs 123

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	419 vs 123

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 122 vs 120

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	122 vs 120

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

419

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

122

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	419	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G80	NV48
Launch date	5 March 2007	30 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1237	1239
Price now	$143.51
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.45
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	222 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	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	67.2 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3