Quadro RTX 8000 vs GeForce FX 5900 ZT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated60
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.88
Power efficiencyno data13.40
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNV35TU102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date12 May 2003 (21 year ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$9,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 data4608
Core clock speed325 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1770 MHz
Number of transistors135 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data260 Watt
Texture fill rate2.600509.8
Floating-point processing powerno data16.31 TFLOPS
ROPs496
TMUs8288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed350 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s672.0 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-Video4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2003 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 48 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm

RTX 8000 has an age advantage of 15 years, a 38300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5900 ZT and Quadro RTX 8000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5900 ZT is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 8000 is a workstation one.


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