NVS 300 vs Quadro FX 5600

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1010not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.55no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameG80GT218
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date5 March 2007 (17 years ago)8 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,999 $109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12816
Core clock speed600 MHz520 MHz
Number of transistors681 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate38.404.160
Floating-point processing power0.3456 TFLOPS0.03936 TFLOPS
ROPs244
TMUs328

Form factor & 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length254 mm145 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB512 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz790 MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s12.64 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x DMS-59

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

FX 5600 525
+334%
NVS 300 121

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 March 2007 8 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 18 Watt

FX 5600 has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

NVS 300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 850% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5600 and NVS 300. We've got no test results to judge.


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