ATI Radeon VE vs Quadro FX 4600

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1167	1608
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.55	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code name	G80	Rage 6
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	5 March 2007 (19 years ago)	19 February 2001 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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 cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	183 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million	30 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.00	0.55
Floating-point processing power	0.2304 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	24	1
TMUs	24	3
L2 Cache	96 KB	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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 type	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	32 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	183 MHz
Memory bandwidth	67.2 GB/s	2.928 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	7.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 March 2007	19 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	32 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	23 Watt