GeForce4 488 Go vs ATI FirePro V5800
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 782 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.18 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.51 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | Juniper | NV18 A4 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 26 April 2010 (15 years ago) | 1 March 2002 (23 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $479 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 800 | 2 |
| Core clock speed | 690 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 275 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 29 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 74 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 27.60 | 1.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.104 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 2 |
| TMUs | 40 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 80 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Length | 229 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 8.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 April 2010 | 1 March 2002 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 150 nm |
ATI V5800 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro V5800 and GeForce4 488 Go. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro V5800 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce4 488 Go is a notebook one.
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