NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 50.6 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Around 88% higher pipelines: 240 vs 128
Around 95% better floating-point performance: 673.9 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1385 vs 525

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 January 2009 vs 5 March 2007
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 128
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1385 vs 525

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 171 Watt vs 219 Watt
Around 71% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 896 MB
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 109 vs 67
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 3195
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 3195

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt vs 219 Watt
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	109 vs 67
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328 vs 3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328 vs 3195

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

525

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3195

3328

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3195

3328

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1385	525
PassMark - G2D Mark	67	109
Geekbench - OpenCL	23256
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3195	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3195	3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G80
Launch date	15 January 2009	5 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$2,999
Place in performance rating	1233	1234
Price now	$119.99	$179.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	13.43	4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	128
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	254 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	127.0 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI