NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE 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 5700 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 250 MHz
19.2x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
21x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 525 vs 25

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 1 March 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	525 vs 25

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE

Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 147 vs 109

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	147 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

525

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

147

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	525	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	109	147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rankine
Code name	G80	NV36 A1
Launch date	5 March 2007	1 March 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999
Place in performance rating	1243	1147
Price now	$179.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	82 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
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR