GeForce FX 5800 vs ATI FirePro M5800

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking999not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.80no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameMadisonNV30
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date1 March 2010 (14 years ago)6 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

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 cores400no data
Core clock speed650 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors627 million125 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)26 Watt44 Watt
Texture fill rate13.003.200
Floating-point processing power0.52 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs208

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Lengthno data213 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x Molex

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s12.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0a
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.41.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2010 6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 26 Watt 44 Watt

ATI M5800 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 225% more advanced lithography process, and 69.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro M5800 and GeForce FX 5800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro M5800 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce FX 5800 is a desktop one.


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