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).

 

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 1249 1251
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