Quadro Plex 2200 D2 vs GeForce FX 5200

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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
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameNV18 C1GT200B
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 March 2003 (21 year ago)25 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$69.99 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 data240
Core clock speed250 MHz648 MHz
Number of transistors29 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data640 Watt
Texture fill rate1.00051.84
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs232
TMUs480

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data522 mm
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s102.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.011.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGL1.33.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2003 25 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 55 nm

Plex 2200 D2 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5200 and Quadro Plex 2200 D2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5200 is a desktop card while Quadro Plex 2200 D2 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
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