Radeon Instinct MI100 vs GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1487not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)CDNA 1.0 (2020)
GPU code nameNV34 A2Arcturus
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 March 2003 (21 year ago)16 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 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 coresno data7680
Core clock speed325 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1502 MHz
Number of transistors45 million50,000 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data300 Watt
Texture fill rate1.300721.0
Floating-point processing powerno data23.07 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs4480

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 x16
Length171 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex2x 8-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 typeDDRHBM2
Maximum RAM amount128 MB32 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed325 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.4 GB/s1,229 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0aN/A
Shader Modelno dataN/A
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)N/A
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2003 16 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 32 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 7 nm

Instinct MI100 has an age advantage of 17 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2042.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5200 Ultra and Radeon Instinct MI100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5200 Ultra is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI100 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
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AMD Radeon Instinct MI100
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