NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT 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 Go 7600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 96 vs 12
3x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 256 MB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 431 vs 210
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 127 vs 125

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 1 August 2006
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 12
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	431 vs 210
PassMark - G2D Mark	127 vs 125

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

431

210

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

125

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	431	210
PassMark - G2D Mark	127	125
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G80	G73
Launch date	5 March 2007	1 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1205	1206
Price now	$143.51
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	5.45
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	96	12
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	177 million
Boost clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
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	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		0