Quadro FX 4600 [in 1 benchmark]
NVIDIA
Quadro FX 4600
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- Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
- Core clock speed 500 MHz
- Max video memory 768 MB
- Memory type GDDR3
- Memory clock speed 1400 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro FX 4600 sales 5 March 2007 at a recommended price of $1,999. This is Tesla architecture desktop card based on 90 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 768 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.4 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 67.2 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 1.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 229 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 134 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
1.11%
of a leader’s which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
Quadro FX
4600
vs
GeForce RTX
4090
General info
Some basic facts about Quadro FX 4600: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | 951 | |
| Value for money | 0.02 | |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | |
| GPU code name | G80 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 5 March 2007 (15 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,999 | |
| Current price | $74 (0x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
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Technical specs
Quadro FX 4600’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro FX 4600’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | of 18432 (AD102) |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 134 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 24. 00 |
of 961.9 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
| Floating-point performance | 230.4 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Quadro FX 4600’s 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 | |
| Length | 229 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro FX 4600: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth.
Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 768 MB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti) |
| Memory bandwidth | 67.2 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro FX 4600. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API support
APIs supported by Quadro FX 4600, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance of Quadro FX 4600. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
FX 4600
1.11
- Passmark
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 26%
FX 4600
431
Game benchmarks
Let’s see how good Quadro FX 4600 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Quadro FX 4600 performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.
NVIDIA Quadro 600
126.13
NVIDIA GRID K180Q
123.42
NVIDIA Quadro 410
103.6
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
100
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
92.79
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
84.68
NVIDIA NVS 315
80.18
AMD equivalent
The nearest Quadro FX 4600’s AMD equivalent is FirePro V3900, which is faster by 52% and higher by 123 positions in our performance rating.
FirePro
V3900
Compare
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro FX 4600:
AMD FirePro M4150
218.
92
AMD FirePro W2100
209.01
AMD FirePro V3900
152.25
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
100
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Quadro FX 4600 according to our statistics.
FX
4300
5.9%
Xeon
E5430
5.9%
Core 2
Quad Q9400
5.9%
Core i5
750
5.9%
Core i5
10600K
2.9%
Core i7
9700K
2.9%
Core i7
6700K
2.9%
Core i5
4570
2.