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NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 is a workstation graphics card released on March 5, 2007, built on the Tesla architecture. It has a boost clock of 600 MHz. It scores 518 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

TeslaG80-875-A2 + NVIO-1-A3Workstation

4/10 key specs recorded · 12 facts

Depth: 16 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

n/a

GDDR3

Boost clock

n/a

600 MHz base

Board power

n/a

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 scores 518 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 37.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,865), measured across 74 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 98.

PassMark G3D Mark

518

Rank #1,865
Faster than 37.2% of 2,658 GPUs
74 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 20 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 36.9% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 11.9% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 averages DirectX 9 20 fps and DirectX 10 2 fps, across 74 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2009-04-10

Samples 74

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Graphics processor

Architecture Tesla

Codename G80-875-A2 + NVIO-1-A3

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the G80-875-A2 + NVIO-1-A3 graphics processor.

Clock speeds

Base clock 600 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 runs at a base clock of 600 MHz.

Memory

Size Not recorded

Type GDDR3

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

Market

Launched March 5, 2007

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 was released on March 5, 2007.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 518

PassMark G2D 98

Rank #1,865

Samples 74

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600.

Frequently asked questions

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 scores 518 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 37.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,865.

When was the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 released?

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 was released on March 5, 2007.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

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Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G80 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.