NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 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) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 430 MHz
  • Around 86% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 10.32 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
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 525 vs 291
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 1244
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 1244
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 March 2007 vs 22 June 2005
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 430 MHz
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 525 vs 291
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 vs 1244

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

  • Around 99% lower typical power consumption: 86 Watt vs 171 Watt
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 196 vs 109
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 86 Watt vs 171 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 196 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
525
291
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
109
196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
1244
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 525 291
PassMark - G2D Mark 109 196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 1244

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Curie
Code name G80 G70
Launch date 5 March 2007 22 June 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $2,999 $599
Place in performance rating 1234 1236
Price now $179.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 4.92

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 430 MHz
Floating-point performance 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 128
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s 10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 171 Watt 86 Watt
Transistor count 681 million 302 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 254 mm 228 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

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 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3