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).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

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	1244	1246
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