H100 PCIe vs GeForce FX 5900

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1463not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Hopper (2022−2023)
GPU code nameNV35GH100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date12 May 2003 (21 year ago)22 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

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 data7296
Core clock speed400 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1650 MHz
Number of transistors135 million80,000 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data350 Watt
Texture fill rate3.200752.4
Floating-point processing powerno data24.08 TFLOPS
ROPs424
TMUs8456
Tensor Coresno data456

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 5.0 x16
Length218 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex8-pin EPS

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 typeDDRHBM2e
Maximum RAM amount128 MB80 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed425 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth27.2 GB/s1,280 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.

DirectX9.0aN/A
Shader Modelno dataN/A
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)N/A
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-9.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2003 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 80 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 4 nm

H100 PCIe has an age advantage of 18 years, a 63900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5900 and H100 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5900 is a desktop card while H100 PCIe is a workstation one.


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