NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 SDI

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 SDI is a 90 nm GPU from the Tesla architecture, built by NVIDIA around the G80 chip. TSMC fabricated a 484 mm² die containing 681 million transistors, for a transistor density of 1.4M/mm². It belongs to the Quadro FX Tesla (x600) generation, and its launch MSRP was 5,999 USD. Released on 2007-03-04, the card is now marked end-of-life. The database lists no core clocks, no benchmark scores, no nearest rivals, and an average benchmark score of 0, leaving percentileVsAllGpus at 50 as the only global ranking.

Who Should Consider It

Because the average benchmark score is 0 and the nearestRivals array is empty, this product cannot be ranked using measured benchmark results. The 768 MB GDDR3 frame buffer and 67.20 GB/s bandwidth define the practical working set: workloads that fit within 768 MB are the intended audience. The 96 shading units, 24 TMUs, and 24 ROPs produce fixed fill rates of 12.00 GPixel/s and 24.00 GTexel/s, which are more aligned with conservative resolutions and settings than with extreme texture workloads. DirectX 11.1 support is listed with feature level 10_0, and OpenGL 3.3 is present, so legacy applications using those API levels are the natural software target. There is no Vulkan entry in the API list, and RT cores and tensor cores are both null, which rules out hardware ray tracing and tensor-accelerated tasks.

For resolution planning, the memory capacity is the stricter limit. A 768 MB frame buffer means high-resolution images with large texture sets can exceed available storage quickly; the 67.20 GB/s bandwidth then limits how fast data can move. The 50th percentile all-GPU position suggests a midpoint card, not a top-tier part. Display output consists of 2x DVI and 1x S-Video, which points toward multi-monitor DVI setups or S-Video display workflows rather than modern high-bandwidth display interfaces. The PCIe 1.0 x16 bus interface is another compatibility checkpoint for older systems. A user whose software fits inside DirectX feature level 10_0, OpenGL 3.3, and a 768 MB memory envelope could consider this card; a user targeting newer APIs, higher-capacity framebuffers, or ray-traced rendering should look elsewhere.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The record shows null values for both RT cores and tensor cores. Therefore, this chip has no dedicated hardware for ray tracing or tensor operations. API support is limited to DirectX 11.1 with feature level 10_0, OpenGL 3.3, and no Vulkan. The shading configuration consists of 96 shading units, 24 texture mapping units, and 24 raster operation units. These resources translate into a pixel rate of 12.00 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 24.00 GTexel/s. The fixed-function rates are the main throughput indicators because no base or boost core clocks are provided in the data.

The product name includes the SDI suffix, and its display outputs are 2x DVI and 1x S-Video. The bus interface is PCIe 1.0 x16. The absence of Vulkan means any Vulkan-only workload is unsupported by this device. In terms of feature completeness, the card is anchored to the OpenGL 3.3 and DirectX 10_0 feature-level era. There are no tensor cores for AI-style workloads and no RT cores for ray-traced effects, so any ray tracing or tensor acceleration would need to happen outside the GPU hardware, if at all. The data set does not list a Vulkan version, so the API field is effectively null for that path.

Power and Cooling

The card's TDP is 154 W. It is a dual-slot board, requiring two slot widths in the chassis. Power delivery uses one 6-pin PCIe power connector, and the suggested PSU rating is 450 W. The physical dimensions are 229 mm (9 inches) in length and 111 mm (4.4 inches) in height. The 90 nm process, 681 million transistors, and 154 W TDP together describe a part that needs substantial airflow; the dual-slot design provides the cooling surface, but the data set contains no further cooler details. The PCIe 1.0 x16 bus interface is the required motherboard connection. Because the card is end-of-life, buyers will need to consider the 450 W suggested PSU and 6-pin connector as hard installation requirements.

FAQ

Q: What API versions does the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 SDI support?

A: It supports DirectX 11.1 with feature level 10_0 and OpenGL 3.3. The Vulkan field is null, so no Vulkan support is listed.

Q: How much memory does it have, and what is the memory bandwidth?

A: It has 768 MB of GDDR3 on a 384-bit bus, with a memory clock of 700 MHz and 1400 Mbps effective, producing 67.20 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: What are the power requirements?

A: The TDP is 154 W. The card is dual-slot, needs one 6-pin power connector, and has a suggested PSU of 450 W.

Q: Does the card support ray tracing or tensor cores?

A: No. RT cores and tensor cores are both null in the database, so there is no hardware acceleration for ray tracing or tensor operations.

Q: Is the card still in production?

A: No. It is marked end-of-life, with a release date of 2007-03-04. Its predecessor is Quadro FX Rankine and its successor is Quadro Fermi.

Q: What display outputs are available?

A: The output list is 2x DVI and 1x S-Video. The card uses a PCIe 1.0 x16 bus interface.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmark section of the data record is effectively empty: the average benchmark score is 0, the benchmarks array contains no entries, and nearestRivals is empty. This means there are no measured scores, no competitor names, and no deltaPct values to analyze. The only quantitative performance anchor is percentileVsAllGpus, which is 50. That places the card at the midpoint of the database's distribution of GPUs.

Theoretical peak rates provide the compute ceiling. FP32 throughput is 230.4 GFLOPS. Pixel rate is 12.00 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 24.00 GTexel/s. These values are derived from the 96 shading units, 24 TMUs, and 24 ROPs. They are useful for understanding the architecture's maximum output, but they cannot substitute for observed benchmark deltas. With no nearest rivals, there is no basis for saying that this card is ahead of or behind any specific competitor. The 50th percentile rank is the only comparative statement available: the card sits in the middle of the all-GPU list. The empty benchmark entries also mean that any claim about real-world performance would have to be built from memory size, bandwidth, and fill rates rather than from database scores.

Memory Subsystem

The memory subsystem is built around 768 MB of GDDR3 on a 384-bit bus. The memory clock is 700 MHz, or 1400 Mbps effective. Total bandwidth is 67.20 GB/s. For high-resolution workloads, the capacity limit is the first constraint: 768 MB is the entire frame buffer, so scenes requiring more memory exceed the card's data footprint. The 384-bit bus width is a wide interface, which helps stream texture and pixel data through the ROPs and shading units. Combined with the 24 TMUs and 24 ROPs, this memory path feeds a pixel rate of 12.00 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 24.00 GTexel/s.

The relationship between memory type, bus width, and bandwidth is central to resolution behavior. A 384-bit bus with GDDR3 yields 67.20 GB/s, which is the actual data throughput available to the GPU. At high resolutions, the image buffers and texture working set grow, and both the 768 MB capacity and the 67.20 GB/s bandwidth will be tested. The data set does not include frame-buffer usage examples, so no specific resolution ceiling can be proven. What the data does show is a memory system designed for wide access rather than raw capacity: 768 MB is modest by later standards, but the 384-bit bus indicates an emphasis on moving data efficiently across a broad path. Users should treat the 768 MB capacity as the hard memory boundary and the 67.20 GB/s bandwidth as the speed limit for large transfers.

How It Compares

The database lists no nearest rivals for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 SDI. As a result, there are no rival names, scores, or deltaPct values to examine, and no direct competitor comparison can be produced. The only comparative data points are internal to the product record. The card sits at the 50th percentile vs all GPUs, which places it in the middle of the database distribution. Its average benchmark score is 0, reinforcing that no measured benchmark entries are attached to this product.

The product lineage provides context: the predecessor is Quadro FX Rankine and the successor is Quadro Fermi. Neither of those entries carries benchmark scores in this record, so the lineage is a naming and generation relationship, not a performance comparison. Without nearest rivals, any statement such as “ahead of” or “behind” a specific card would be unsupported by the data. In that sense, the only honest positioning is the percentile rank: a midpoint all-GPU placement, with a feature set tied to OpenGL 3.3, DirectX feature level 10_0, 768 MB of GDDR3, and a 154 W TDP.