Quadro FX 5600 vs FX 3800

Place in performance ranking	831	971
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.21	0.06
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GT200B	G80
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years old)	5 March 2007 (17 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	$2,999
Current price	$171 (0.2x MSRP)	$209 (0.1x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 3800 has 250% better value for money than FX 5600.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	128
Core clock speed	600 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	681 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	108 Watt	171 Watt
Texture fill rate	38.40	38.40
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	345.6 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm	254 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	76.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.3	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX 3800 2.06
+51.5%

FX 5600 1.36

FX 3800 outperforms FX 5600 by 51% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FX 3800 798
+52%

FX 5600 525

FX 3800 outperforms FX 5600 by 52% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	2.06	1.36
Recency	30 March 2009	5 March 2007
Cost	$799	$2999
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Chip lithography	55 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	108 Watt	171 Watt