GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs ATI FirePro M5800
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 995 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.81 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Madison | AD104 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 March 2010 (14 years ago) | 20 August 2024 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $599 |
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 cores | 400 | 5888 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 1920 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2475 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.00 | 455.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.52 TFLOPS | 29.15 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 20 | 184 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 184 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 46 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 240 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | 480.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2010 | 20 August 2024 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 200 Watt |
ATI M5800 has 669.2% lower power consumption.
RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M5800 and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro M5800 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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