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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS | NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |