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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

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	446
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