NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 300 MHz
9x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 532 MHz
9.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1201 vs 123

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed	610 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1201 vs 123

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 122 vs 83

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	122 vs 83

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1201

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1201	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	83	122
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT200B	NV48
Launch date	11 November 2008	30 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499
Place in performance rating	1236	1239
Price now	$178.89
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	610 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	189 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3