Quadro FX 5800 vs Tesla M60

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 5800 and Tesla M60, 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 Tesla M60, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Tesla M60
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
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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  • Tesla M60 has 58% more power consumption, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Tesla M60 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M60 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 M60 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro FX 5800 is 53 MHz higher, than Tesla M60.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Tesla M60 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Both graphics cards are the same length of 267 mm.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M60 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 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 5−6 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 616% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Tesla M60
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name GT200B GM204
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 11 November 2008 30 August 2015
Pipelines 240 2048
Core clock speed 610 MHz 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80 150.8
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 2x 4,833 gflops
Length 267 mm 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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 432 Mh/s
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