NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 736 MHz vs 602 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 288 vs 192
Around 83% better floating-point performance: 847.9 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.4x more memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1914 vs 991
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 423 vs 74

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 February 2012 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	736 MHz vs 602 MHz
Pipelines	288 vs 192
Floating-point performance	847.9 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1914 vs 991
PassMark - G2D Mark	423 vs 74

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 35.33 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15302 vs 6235

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 35.33 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	15302 vs 6235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1914

991

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

423

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6235

15302

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3358

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
PassMark - G3D Mark	1914	991
PassMark - G2D Mark	423	74
Geekbench - OpenCL	6235	15302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	618.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.232
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	50.114
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3114
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3114
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF114	GT200B
Launch date	20 February 2012	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$89.99	$1,799
Place in performance rating	967	1284
Price now	$89.99	$149.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	28.95	8.67
Technical info
Core clock speed	736 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	847.9 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	288	192
Texture fill rate	35.33 GTexel / s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	91.87 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3