Quadro FX 5800 vs Radeon R9 270X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon R9 270X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro FX 5800 stacks up against Radeon R9 270X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon R9 270X
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 180 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 5% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 270X.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 270X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro FX 5800 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 270X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 270X - with GCN.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 270X - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 24−27
ultra / 1080p 1−2 14−16
QHD / 1440p 0−1 10−11
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 14−16 45−50
medium / 1080p 5−6 30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 400% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon R9 270X
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN
Code name GT200B Curacao XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 8 October 2013
Pipelines 240 1280
Core clock speed 610 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80 84.00
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 2,688 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 179.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA 1.3
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
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Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
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AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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