GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs FX 5700 EP

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
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV36GA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2004 (20 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

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 data6144
Core clock speed425 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1245 MHz
Number of transistors82 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data80 Watt
Texture fill rate1.700239.0
Floating-point processing powerno data15.3 TFLOPS
ROPs496
TMUs4192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth3.2 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2004 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 8 nm

RTX 3080 Max-Q has an age advantage of 16 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5700 EP and GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5700 EP is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP
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