NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI

  • Around 86% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 3.7x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 128 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 104 Watt
  • Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1010 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 104 Watt
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1010 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark 114
PassMark - G2D Mark 360

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Essentials

Architecture Curie Curie
Code name G71 G73
Launch date 20 April 2006 20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $6,999 $299
Place in performance rating not rated 444
Type Workstation Workstation
Price now $150.25
Value for money (0-100) 0.98

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 90 nm
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 104 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 278 million 177 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 229 mm 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 32.3 GB / s 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1010 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

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