GeForce GT 330 OEM vs FirePro R5000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking553not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.59no data
Power efficiency3.17no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code namePitcairnGT215
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date25 February 2013 (11 years ago)2 February 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,099 no data

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 cores76896
Core clock speed825 MHz540 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate39.6017.28
Floating-point processing power1.267 TFLOPS0.2504 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs4832

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length279 mm175 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz790 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s25.28 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 mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 February 2013 2 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 75 Watt

FirePro R5000 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 330 OEM, on the other hand, has 366.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro R5000 and GeForce GT 330 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro R5000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 330 OEM is a desktop one.


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AMD FirePro R5000
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