NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
8.6x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
3x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 256 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 666 MHz
10.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 426 vs 39
28.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3230 vs 112
28.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3230 vs 112

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	426 vs 39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230 vs 112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230 vs 112

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 124

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 124

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

251

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3230

112

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3230

112

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	426	39
PassMark - G2D Mark	124	251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230	112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230	112

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G80	G72
Launch date	5 March 2007	22 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1218	1220
Price now	$143.51
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.45
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	112 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
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	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2