NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 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, 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 TITAN BLACK

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 889 MHz vs 650 MHz
13.7x more texture fill rate: 213 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
37.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9178 vs 242
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 394

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 February 2014 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	889 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	213 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9178 vs 242
PassMark - G2D Mark	597 vs 394

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 250 Watt
144.3x more memory clock speed: 1010 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1010 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9178

242

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

597

394

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	9178	242
PassMark - G2D Mark	597	394
Geekbench - OpenCL	27076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	72.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1293.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	22.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	290.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3095

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK110B	G71
Launch date	18 February 2014	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$2,999
Place in performance rating	432	430
Price now	$999.99	$1,840.60
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	10.82	0.17
Technical info
Boost clock speed	980 MHz
Core clock speed	889 MHz	650 MHz
CUDA cores	2880
Floating-point performance	5,645 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2880
Texture fill rate	213 billion / sec	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	336 GB / s	32.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1010 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA