NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 96 Watt
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	9 April 2009 vs 21 February 2008
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 96 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

3.6x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 7.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 64 vs 32
2.9x better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 72 gflops
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 162
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 44 vs 42
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1687
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1687

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 32
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 72 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 162
PassMark - G2D Mark	44 vs 42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 1687

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

162

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1687

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1687

3161

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	162	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	42	44
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1687	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1687	3161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96C	G94
Launch date	9 April 2009	21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$179
Place in performance rating	1588	1590
Price now	$59.46	$39.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.88	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	72 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	32	64
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI