Quadro FX 4600 SDI vs GeForce GTX 770

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking346not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.29no data
Power efficiency4.58no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGK104G80
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date30 May 2013 (11 years ago)5 March 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $5,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores153696
Core clock speed1046 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt154 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate138.924.00
Floating-point processing power3.333 TFLOPS0.2304 TFLOPS
ROPs3224
TMUs12824

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length267 mm229 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Minimum recommended system power600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB768 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.3 GB/s67.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
PhysX+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.33.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2013 5 March 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 768 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 154 Watt

GTX 770 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

FX 4600 SDI, on the other hand, has 49.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 770 and Quadro FX 4600 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 770 is a desktop card while Quadro FX 4600 SDI is a workstation one.


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