NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 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 Quadro FX 4600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 240 vs 96
2.7x better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 230.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 768 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1210 vs 419
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3319 vs 3230
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3319 vs 3230

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 5 March 2007
Core clock speed	610 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 96
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops vs 230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1210 vs 419
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319 vs 3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319 vs 3230

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 134 Watt vs 189 Watt
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 80

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt vs 189 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1210

419

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3319

3230

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3319

3230

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1210	419
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319	3230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G80
Launch date	11 November 2008	5 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1240	1242
Price now	$178.89	$143.51
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.02	5.45
Technical info
Core clock speed	610 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	240	96
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	189 Watt	134 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	681 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	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	67.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3