NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 602 MHz vs 250 MHz
38.5x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
124.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 994 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	602 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	994 vs 8

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 154 vs 62

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	154 vs 62

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

154

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PassMark - G3D Mark	994	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	154
Geekbench - OpenCL	15302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GT200B	NV34 A2
Launch date	11 November 2008	6 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,799	$69.99
Place in performance rating	1313	1119
Price now	$149.99	$69.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.67	0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR