NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1210 vs 587

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 26 January 2008
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1210 vs 587

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 610 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48.8 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 2x 320 vs 240
Around 70% better floating-point performance: 2x 528.0 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 189 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 117 vs 80
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3336 vs 3319
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3336 vs 3319

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 610 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 320 vs 240
Floating-point performance	2x 528.0 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 189 Watt
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	117 vs 80
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3336 vs 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3336 vs 3319

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1210

587

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

117

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3319

3336

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3319

3336

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	1210	587
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	117
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319	3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200B	R680
Launch date	11 November 2008	26 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499	$449
Place in performance rating	1240	1211
Price now	$178.89
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	610 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	240	2x 320
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	189 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1802 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3