NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition and ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition
- Around 25% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 479 MHz
- 10x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
- 6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
- 2.1x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 756 MHz
Core clock speed | 600 MHz vs 479 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s |
Maximum memory size | 1536 MB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 756 MHz |
Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 90 nm |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
Name | NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition | ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 49 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 244 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition | ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | R500 |
Code name | G80 | M71 |
Launch date | 5 March 2007 | 1 March 2007 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $2,999 | |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 707 |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 479 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 368.6 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 128 | |
Texture fill rate | 19.2 GTexel / s | 1.916 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 171 Watt | |
Transistor count | 681 million | 107 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 312 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB / s | 3.024 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 32 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 756 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2 |