NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 3.6x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 532 MHz
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 525 vs 123
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 March 2007 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 525 vs 123

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 122 vs 109
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 122 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
525
123
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
109
122
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 525 123
PassMark - G2D Mark 109 122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Curie
Code name G80 NV48
Launch date 5 March 2007 30 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $2,999
Place in performance rating 1234 1235
Price now $179.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 4.92

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 128
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s 5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 171 Watt
Transistor count 681 million 222 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 AGP 8x
Length 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 532 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3