NVIDIA Tesla C1060 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla C1060 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Tesla C1060

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla C1060

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 188 Watt vs 189 Watt
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18689 vs 18229

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 April 2009 vs 11 November 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	188 Watt vs 189 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18689 vs 18229

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla C1060
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18689

18229

Name	NVIDIA Tesla C1060	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
Geekbench - OpenCL	18689	18229
PassMark - G3D Mark		1210
PassMark - G2D Mark		80
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3319

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tesla C1060	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT200B	GT200B
Launch date	9 April 2009	11 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1131	1240
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,499
Price now		$178.89
Value for money (0-100)		8.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	610 MHz	610 MHz
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	240	240
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s	48.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	188 Watt	189 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 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	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3