Quadro FX 5800 vs Tesla M6

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro FX 5800 and Tesla M6. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro FX 5800 and Tesla M6. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Tesla M6
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 89% more power consumption, than Tesla M6.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Tesla M6 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M6 has 4 GB more memory, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Tesla M6 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla M6 is 320 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Tesla M6 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M6 is 3412 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
ultra / 1080p 1−2 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 20−22
4K / 2160p 10−12
low / 720p 14−16 65−70
medium / 1080p 5−6 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M6 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 633% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Tesla M6
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name GT200B GM204
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 11 November 2008 30 August 2015
Pipelines 240 1536
Core clock speed 610 MHz 930 MHz
Boost Clock 1180 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80 113.3
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 3,625 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 4.0 6.4
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 1.3 5.2
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