NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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 FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 230 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 140 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 64 MB
8x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 200 MHz
65.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 525 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	525 vs 8

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

47.9x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 109

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

525

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

152

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	525	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	109	152
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rankine
Code name	G80	NV34 B1
Launch date	5 March 2007	17 March 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999	$36.99
Place in performance rating	1243	1132
Price now	$179.99	$36.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.92	0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	230 MHz
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	920 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	45 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	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR