NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 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 5700 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 602 MHz vs 475 MHz
20.3x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
29.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 994 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	602 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	994 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 46 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 126 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	46 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	126 vs 62

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	994	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	126
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 5700 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GT200B	NV36 A1
Launch date	11 November 2008	23 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,799	$199
Place in performance rating	1313	1280
Price now	$149.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.67
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	46 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	82 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	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
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	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2