NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 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 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 430 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 10.32 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
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 419 vs 291
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3230 vs 1244
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3230 vs 1244

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 22 June 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 430 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	419 vs 291
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230 vs 1244

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 86 Watt vs 134 Watt
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 196 vs 120

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	86 Watt vs 134 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	196 vs 120

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

419

291

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

196

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3230

1244

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3230

1244

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	419	291
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230	1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230	1244

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G80	G70
Launch date	5 March 2007	22 June 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	$599
Place in performance rating	1237	1240
Price now	$143.51
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.45
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	430 MHz
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt	86 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	228 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
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	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3