NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
3.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 171 Watt
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 109

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2007 vs 5 March 2007
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 171 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	159 vs 109

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 128 vs 64
2.2x better floating-point performance: 345.6 gflops vs 160 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 525 vs 382
Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 1989
Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 1989

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 64
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops vs 160 gflops
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	525 vs 382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328 vs 1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328 vs 1989

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

525

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

159

109

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1989

3328

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1989

3328

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	382	525
PassMark - G2D Mark	159	109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1989	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1989	3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G80
Launch date	1 November 2007	5 March 2007
Place in performance rating	1250	1251
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,999
Price now		$179.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	160 gflops	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	64	128
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0