ATI Radeon HD 5670 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5670 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5670

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 6.3x more pipelines: 400 vs 64
  • 3.5x better floating-point performance: 620.0 gflops vs 176 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 768 MB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 803 vs 402
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 288 vs 60
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 January 2010 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines 400 vs 64
Floating-point performance 620.0 gflops vs 176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 803 vs 402
PassMark - G2D Mark 288 vs 60

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

  • Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 64 Watt
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2917 vs 2113
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2917 vs 2113
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 59 Watt vs 64 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2917 vs 2113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2917 vs 2113

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5670
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
803
402
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
288
60
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2113
2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2113
2917
Name ATI Radeon HD 5670 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
PassMark - G3D Mark 803 402
PassMark - G2D Mark 288 60
Geekbench - OpenCL 602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 184.557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 27.325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2113 2917
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2113 2917
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5670 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Redwood G94
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 14 January 2010 30 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $119 $489
Place in performance rating 1420 1422
Type Desktop Workstation
Price now $186.29
Value for money (0-100) 4.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Core clock speed 775 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 620.0 gflops 176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 400 64
Stream Processors 400
Texture fill rate 15.5 GTexel / s 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt 59 Watt
Transistor count 627 million 505 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 768 MB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)