A800 SXM4 80 GB vs Quadro FX 560

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG73GA100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date20 April 2006 (18 years ago)11 August 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data6912
Core clock speed350 MHz1275 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors177 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt400 Watt
Texture fill rate4.200609.1
Floating-point processing powerno data19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs8160
TMUs12432
Tensor Coresno data432

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 4.0 x16
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount128 MB80 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz1593 MHz
Memory bandwidth19.2 GB/s2,039 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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)N/A
Shader Model3.0N/A
OpenGL2.1N/A
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2006 11 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 80 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 400 Watt

FX 560 has 1233.3% lower power consumption.

A800 SXM4 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, a 63900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 560 and A800 SXM4 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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