NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 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. 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 Ti

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 610 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 52.7 GTexel / s vs 48.8 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 384 vs 240
2x better floating-point performance: 1,263.4 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 189 Watt
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3063 vs 1210
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 438 vs 80

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 January 2011 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	823 MHz vs 610 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.7 GTexel / s vs 48.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 240
Floating-point performance	1,263.4 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 189 Watt
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3063 vs 1210
PassMark - G2D Mark	438 vs 80
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333 vs 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333 vs 3319

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18229 vs 10721

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229 vs 10721

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3063

1210

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

438

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10721

18229

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

3319

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

3319

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
PassMark - G3D Mark	3063	1210
PassMark - G2D Mark	438	80
Geekbench - OpenCL	10721	18229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333	3319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333	3319
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	389

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF114	GT200B
Launch date	25 January 2011	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$3,499
Place in performance rating	799	1240
Price now	$138	$178.89
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	27.88	8.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	823 MHz	610 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,263.4 gflops	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	240
Texture fill rate	52.7 GTexel / s	48.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	189 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.3 GB / s	102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3