RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell vs GeForce FX 5100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce FX 5100 with RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell, including specs and performance data.

FX 5100
2003
64 MB DDR
0.02

PRO 5000 Blackwell outperforms 5100 by a whopping 499900% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking15521
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data26.97
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code nameNV34 A1GB202
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 March 2003 (22 years ago)18 March 2025 (less than a year ago)

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 data14080
Core clock speed200 MHz1590 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2617 MHz
Number of transistors45 million92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data300 Watt
Texture fill rate0.81,151
Floating-point processing powerno data73.69 TFLOPS
ROPs4176
TMUs4440
Tensor Coresno data440
Ray Tracing Coresno data110

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 5.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-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 typeDDRGDDR7
Maximum RAM amount64 MB48 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth2.656 GB/s1.34 TB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x VGA, 1x S-Video4x DisplayPort 2.1b

API and SDK support

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

DirectX9.0a12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.4
CUDA-12.0
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

FX 5100 0.02
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 100.00
+499900%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FX 5100 7
Samples: 1
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 45357
+647857%
Samples: 1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.02 100.00
Recency 6 March 2003 18 March 2025
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 48 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 5 nm

RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell has a 499900% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 22 years, a 76700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2900% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX 5100 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5100 is a desktop graphics card while RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell is a workstation one.

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