NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 47 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 248 vs 131
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 September 2007 vs 17 April 2007
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 47 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	248 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark	58 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 460 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 3.68 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
2.6x better floating-point performance: 76.16 gflops vs 29.44 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 858
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 858

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec vs 3.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	76.16 gflops vs 29.44 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 858
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 858

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

248

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

858

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

858

1397

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	248	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	58	42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	858	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	858	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		449

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G84	G84
Launch date	12 September 2007	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$159
Place in performance rating	1619	1621
Price now	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	460 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	29.44 gflops	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	32
Texture fill rate	3.68 GTexel / s	8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI