NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 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 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Around 88% higher pipelines: 240 vs 128
Around 80% better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1201 vs 525

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 5 March 2007
Core clock speed	610 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 128
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1201 vs 525

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 171 Watt vs 189 Watt
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 109 vs 83

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt vs 189 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	109 vs 83
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328 vs 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328 vs 3319

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1201

525

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3319

3328

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3319

3328

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1201	525
PassMark - G2D Mark	83	109
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319	3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G80
Launch date	11 November 2008	5 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499	$2,999
Place in performance rating	1236	1238
Price now	$178.89	$179.99
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.02	4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	610 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	240	128
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	189 Watt	171 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	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3