Quadro FX 5800 vs Radeon HD 6950

In this comparison between Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon HD 6950 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Quadro FX 5800 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 6950 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 500 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 2x 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, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 164% more power consumption, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro FX 5800 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6950 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Both graphics cards are the same length of 267 mm.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro FX 5800 is 350 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 14−16
ultra / 1080p 1−2 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 14−16 27−30
medium / 1080p 5−6 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 183% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon HD 6950
Architecture Tesla 2.0 TeraScale 3
Code name GT200B Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 14 December 2010
Pipelines 240 1408
Core clock speed 610 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80 70.40
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.0
OpenGL 3.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 1.3
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 244 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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