NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 vs ATI Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 and ATI Radeon 9000 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 5600

ATI Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 250 MHz
19.2x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 64 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
131.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 525 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	525 vs 4

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000

6.1x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 171 Watt
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 123 vs 109

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 171 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	123 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

525

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

123

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	ATI Radeon 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	525	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	109	123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	ATI Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G80	RV250
Launch date	5 March 2007	1 July 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999
Place in performance rating	1251	1253
Price now	$179.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	36 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 4x
Length	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR