ATI FireGL V8600 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R600 | GT200B |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R600 V8600 | G200-835-B2 |
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 55 nm |
| Number of transistors | 720 million | 1,400 million |
| Die size | 420 mm² | 470 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | May 14th, 2007 | Mar 30th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | FireGL | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 1,899 USD | 799 USD |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 5 in our database | 26 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 688 MHz | 600 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 868 MHz 1736 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1204 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR4 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 512 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 111.1 GB/s | 51.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | 192 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 64 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| SM count | — | 24 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 11.01 GPixel/s | 9.600 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 11.01 GTexel/s | 38.40 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 440.3 GFLOPS | 462.3 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 57.79 GFLOPS (1:8) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 254 mm 10 inches | 198 mm 7.8 inches |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
| TDP | 159 W | 108 W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x DisplayPort1x S-Video | 1x DVI2x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | B313 | P755 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial) | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.3 |
