NVIDIA Tesla M60 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M60 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M60

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 56x more texture fill rate: 2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 38.4 GTexel / s
  • 21.3x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 192
  • 20.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,833 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 1 GB
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 9.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7652 vs 825
  • 10.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 517 vs 49
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 29272 vs 13337
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 August 2015 vs 30 March 2009
Texture fill rate 2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 38.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2048 vs 192
Floating-point performance 2x 4,833 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 2x 8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7652 vs 825
PassMark - G2D Mark 517 vs 49
Geekbench - OpenCL 29272 vs 13337

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 557 MHz
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 108 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3258 vs 1791
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3258 vs 1791
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 557 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 108 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3258 vs 1791
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3258 vs 1791

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M60
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7652
825
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
517
49
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
29272
13337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1791
3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1791
3258
Name NVIDIA Tesla M60 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
PassMark - G3D Mark 7652 825
PassMark - G2D Mark 517 49
Geekbench - OpenCL 29272 13337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 114.389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1451.124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 70.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 314.404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1791 3258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1791 3258

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla M60 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name GM204 GT200B
Launch date 30 August 2015 30 March 2009
Place in performance rating 475 1363
Type Workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $799
Price now $109.99
Value for money (0-100) 9.89

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1178 MHz
Core clock speed 557 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 4,833 gflops 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 2x 2048 192
Texture fill rate 2x 151.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 108 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 8 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 160.4 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3