Tesla C870 vs Quadro FX 5600

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking971not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.06no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG80G80
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date5 March 2007 (17 years ago)2 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,999 $1,499
Current price$209 (0.1x MSRP)$170 (0.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores128128
Core clock speed600 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors681 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt171 Watt
Texture fill rate38.4038.40
Floating-point performance345.6 gflops345.6 gflops

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 1.0 x16
Length254 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB1536 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s76.8 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 March 2007 2 May 2007
Cost $2999 $1499

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5600 and Tesla C870. We've got no test results to judge.


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