RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation vs XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureXG4 (2003−2005)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameXG40AD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 September 2003 (20 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data2048
Core clock speed350 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors110 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rate2.800129.6

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 4.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x Molexno data

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s128.0 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, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.54.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 September 2003 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 5 nm

RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation has an age advantage of 20 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra and RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra is a desktop card while RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation is a notebook one.


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XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra
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