GeForce RTX 5080 vs Quadro4 500 XGL

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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
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameNV17 A3GB203
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date19 February 2002 (22 years ago)2025

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 data10752
Core clock speed250 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors29 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data350 Watt
Texture fill rate1.000846.7
Floating-point processing powerno data54.19 TFLOPS
ROPs4128
TMUs4336
Tensor Coresno data336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

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 4xPCIe 5.0 x16
Length168 mm304 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-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 typeSDRGDDR7
Maximum RAM amount128 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth2.656 GB/s973.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-10.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 16 GB

RTX 5080 has a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro4 500 XGL and GeForce RTX 5080. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro4 500 XGL is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5080 is a desktop one.


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