ATI FireGL V3300 vs Quadro FX 4600

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1138not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.55no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameG80RV515
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date5 March 2007 (18 years ago)1 October 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96no data
Core clock speed500 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors681 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)134 Wattno data
Texture fill rate24.002.400
Floating-point processing power0.2304 TFLOPSno data
ROPs244
TMUs244

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount768 MB128 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth67.2 GB/s6.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 March 2007 1 October 2005
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 128 MB

FX 4600 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4600 and FireGL V3300. We've got no test results to judge.

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