Radeon RX 5800 vs Quadro FX 4000 SDI

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
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV41Navi 23
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date19 April 2004 (20 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,999 no data

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 data3072
Core clock speed425 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1735 MHz
Number of transistors190 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt275 Watt
Texture fill rate5.100333.1
Floating-point processing powerno data10.66 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs12192

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length214 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s448.0 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, 4x SDI1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 275 Watt

FX 4000 SDI has 83.3% lower power consumption.

RX 5800, on the other hand, has a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4000 SDI and Radeon RX 5800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 4000 SDI is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 5800 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI
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