Product comparison · 2 gpus

Dell 490-12472 graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 600 vs MSI R6870-2PM2D1G/D5 graphics card AMD Radeon HD6870

16specifications compared
10differ
6identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

Graphics processor family
- 490-12472 graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 600:NVIDIA
- R6870-2PM2D1G/D5 graphics card AMD Radeon HD6870:AMD
Graphics processor
- 490-12472 graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 600:Quadro 600
- R6870-2PM2D1G/D5 graphics card AMD Radeon HD6870:Radeon HD6870
Graphics card memory type
- 490-12472 graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 600:GDDR3
- R6870-2PM2D1G/D5 graphics card AMD Radeon HD6870:GDDR5
Memory bus
- 490-12472 graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 600:128 bit
- R6870-2PM2D1G/D5 graphics card AMD Radeon HD6870:256 bit
HDMI ports quantity
- 490-12472 graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 600:0
- R6870-2PM2D1G/D5 graphics card AMD Radeon HD6870:1
DVI-D ports quantity
- 490-12472 graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 600:0
- R6870-2PM2D1G/D5 graphics card AMD Radeon HD6870:1
DisplayPorts quantity
- 490-12472 graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 600:1
- R6870-2PM2D1G/D5 graphics card AMD Radeon HD6870:0
PhysX
- 490-12472 graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 600:No
- R6870-2PM2D1G/D5 graphics card AMD Radeon HD6870:Yes

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Comparison of 490-12472, R6870-2PM2D1G/D5
31 specifications	A Dell 490-12472 graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 600 Model 490-12472 View product	B MSI R6870-2PM2D1G/D5 graphics card AMD Radeon HD6870 Model R6870-2PM2D1G/D5 View product
Processor2 differ
Graphics processor familyDiffers	NVIDIA	AMD
Graphics processorDiffers	Quadro 600	Radeon HD6870
Maximum resolutionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1920 x 1200 pixels
CUDA	No	No
Processor frequencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	900 MHz
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	Not supported	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Discrete graphics card memory	1 GB	1 GB
Graphics card memory typeDiffers	GDDR3	GDDR5
Memory busDiffers	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4200 MHz
Ports & interfaces3 differ
Interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PCI Express x16
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	0	1
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	0	1
DVI-I ports quantity	1	1
DisplayPorts quantityDiffers	1	0
Mini DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance2 differ
PhysXDiffers	No	Yes
TV tuner integrated	No	No
DirectX versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	11
Shader model versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
OpenGL versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.0
HDCPDiffers	No	Yes
Dual Link DVI	Yes	Yes
Designidentical
Cooling type	Active	Active
CertificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RoHS / CE / FCC / VCCI / DDC2B
Other features1 differ
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
HDMIDiffers	No	Yes
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows XP (32bit / 64bit) Windows Vista (32bit / 64bit) Windows 7 (32bit / 64bit)
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	245 x 115 x 35 mm
Compatible productsKnown for one	Precision T5500/T3500 MT/DT / T7500/T1500/T1600 MT / R5500 FS	Unknown — not stated by the source

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