NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 26.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 171 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 121 vs 109

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2008 vs 5 March 2007
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 171 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	121 vs 109

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 33% higher pipelines: 128 vs 96
Around 31% better floating-point performance: 345.6 gflops vs 264 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 384 MB
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 525 vs 330
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 3128
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 3128

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	128 vs 96
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops vs 264 gflops
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 384 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	525 vs 330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328 vs 3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328 vs 3128

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

525

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

109

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3128

3328

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3128

3328

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	525
PassMark - G2D Mark	121	109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3128	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3128	3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G80
Launch date	31 January 2008	5 March 2007
Place in performance rating	1243	1244
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,999
Price now		$179.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	264 gflops	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	96	128
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3