GRID K500 vs GeForce FX 5200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1493not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameNV18 C1GK104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 March 2003 (21 year ago)2 July 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$69.99 $3,599

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 coresno data1536
Core clock speed250 MHz745 MHz
Number of transistors29 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data225 Watt
Texture fill rate1.00095.36
Floating-point processing powerno data2.289 TFLOPS
ROPs232
TMUs4128

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s160.0 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.

DirectX8.012 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2003 2 July 2014
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 28 nm

GRID K500 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5200 and GRID K500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5200 is a desktop card while GRID K500 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
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