NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 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 5800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 610 MHz
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 50.6 billion / sec vs 48.8 GTexel / s
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 673.9 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1378 vs 1201
Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 23256 vs 18229

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 January 2009 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 610 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec vs 48.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1378 vs 1201
Geekbench - OpenCL	23256 vs 18229

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 189 Watt vs 219 Watt
4.6x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 896 MB
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 83 vs 63
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3319 vs 3195
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3319 vs 3195

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	189 Watt vs 219 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	83 vs 63
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319 vs 3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319 vs 3195

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1378

1201

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

23256

18229

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3195

3319

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3195

3319

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
PassMark - G3D Mark	1378	1201
PassMark - G2D Mark	63	83
Geekbench - OpenCL	23256	18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3195	3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3195	3319

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT200B	GT200B
Launch date	15 January 2009	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$3,499
Place in performance rating	1235	1236
Price now	$119.99	$178.89
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	13.43	8.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	610 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	240
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec	48.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt	189 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 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)	267 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	127.0 GB / s	102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI