NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 vs NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2100 S4

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 and NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2100 S4 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 Plex 2100 S4

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
3.4x lower typical power consumption: 189 Watt vs 640 Watt

Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 25 July 2008
Core clock speed	610 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	189 Watt vs 640 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2100 S4

8.6x more texture fill rate: 4x 19.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48.8 GTexel / s
2.1x more pipelines: 4x 128 vs 240
2.2x better floating-point performance: 4x 345.6 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 4x 1536 MB vs 4 GB

Texture fill rate	4x 19.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4x 128 vs 240
Floating-point performance	4x 345.6 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
Maximum memory size	4x 1536 MB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2100 S4

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2100 S4
PassMark - G3D Mark	1210
PassMark - G2D Mark	80
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 Quadro Plex 2100 S4
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G80
Launch date	11 November 2008	25 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499
Place in performance rating	1240	not rated
Price now	$178.89
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	610 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops	4x 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	240	4x 128
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s	4x 19.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	189 Watt	640 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	522 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4x 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	4x 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	4x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3