NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405 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 580

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 161 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 April 2009 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	161 vs 27

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405

Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 43

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	56 vs 43

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

161

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405
PassMark - G3D Mark	161	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1687

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96C	C61
Launch date	9 April 2009	11 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1578	1580
Price now	$59.46
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt
Transistor count	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3