NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT 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 FX 5900 ZT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
9.2x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
12.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 426 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	426 vs 33

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 129 vs 124

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	129 vs 124

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

129

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
PassMark - G3D Mark	426	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	124	129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rankine
Code name	G80	NV35
Launch date	5 March 2007	12 May 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1218	1221
Price now	$143.51
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.45
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	135 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	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	67.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR