P102-100 vs Quadro FX 5800

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking743not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency1.21no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGT200BGP102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date11 November 2008 (15 years ago)12 February 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,499 $599

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 cores2403200
Core clock speed610 MHz1582 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1683 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million11,800 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)189 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate48.80336.6
Floating-point processing power0.6221 TFLOPS10.77 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs80200

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x4
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR3GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB5 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s440.3 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.36.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2008 12 February 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 5 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 250 Watt

FX 5800 has 32.3% lower power consumption.

P102-100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 243.8% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5800 and P102-100. We've got no test results to judge.


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