GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs FX 5500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1488not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameNV34 B1GP104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 March 2004 (20 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$36.99 $499

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 data2560
Core clock speed270 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1733 MHz
Number of transistors45 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data180 Watt
Texture fill rate1.080277.3
Floating-point processing powerno data8.873 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs4160

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 3.0 x16
Length152 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount64 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.312 GB/s352.3 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-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2004 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 16 nm

GTX 1080 11Gbps has an age advantage of 13 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 837.5% more advanced lithography process.

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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
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