NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 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 580

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 7.2 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 161 vs 143

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 April 2009 vs 12 August 2004
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	161 vs 143

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 53 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	53 vs 43

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

161

143

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	161	143
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	53
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1687

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96C	NV43 A2
Launch date	9 April 2009	12 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$64.95
Place in performance rating	1578	1581
Price now	$59.46	$64.95
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.88	2.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3