GeForce FX 5800 Ultra vs RTX 3080 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking90not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency26.74no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGA104NV30
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)6 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

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 cores6144no data
Core clock speed1110 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 million125 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Wattno data
Texture fill rate296.64.000
Floating-point processing power18.98 TFLOPSno data
ROPs964
TMUs1928
Tensor Cores192no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no data

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16AGP 8x
Lengthno data213 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x Molex

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 typeGDDR6GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s16 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)9.0a
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.61.5 (2.1)
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2N/A
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 8 nm 130 nm

RTX 3080 Mobile has an age advantage of 17 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile and GeForce FX 5800 Ultra. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5800 Ultra is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
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