NVIDIA Quadro FX 560: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

NVIDIA started Quadro FX 560 sales 20 April 2006 at a recommended price of $299 . This is a Curie architecture desktop card based on 90 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 128 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.2 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 19.2 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 1.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 198 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 30 Watt.

We have no data on Quadro FX 560 benchmark results.

General info

Some basic facts about Quadro FX 560: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameG73
Market segmentWorkstation
Release date20 April 2006 (17 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$299
Current price$89 (0.3x MSRP)of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Technical specs

Quadro FX 560's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro FX 560's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Core clock speed350 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors177 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology90 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)30 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate4.200of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro FX 560 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16
Length198 mm
Width1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro FX 560: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MBof 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width128 Bitof 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed1200 MHzof 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth19.2 GB/sof 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro FX 560. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

APIs supported by Quadro FX 560, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model3.0
OpenGL2.1of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCLN/A
VulkanN/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro FX 560. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


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%

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Recommended processors

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