NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 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 Quadro FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 134 Watt vs 171 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 109

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt vs 171 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 109

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 128 vs 96
Around 50% better floating-point performance: 345.6 gflops vs 230.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 768 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 525 vs 419
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 3230
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 3230

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 96
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops vs 230.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	525 vs 419
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328 vs 3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328 vs 3230

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

419

525

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

109

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3230

3328

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3230

3328

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	419	525
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230	3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G80	G80
Launch date	5 March 2007	5 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	$2,999
Place in performance rating	1237	1238
Price now	$143.51	$179.99
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	5.45	4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	96	128
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	681 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 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	67.2 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3