NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 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 5600

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 12
6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 525 vs 210

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 1 August 2006
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 12
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	525 vs 210

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 125 vs 109

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	125 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

525

210

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

125

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	525	210
PassMark - G2D Mark	109	125
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G80	G73
Launch date	5 March 2007	1 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999
Place in performance rating	1243	1244
Price now	$179.99
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	128	12
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 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	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		0