A800 PCIe 80 GB vs GeForce FX 5600

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1485not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.06no data
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV31GA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 March 2003 (21 year ago)8 November 2022 (2 years 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 data6912
Core clock speed325 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors80 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)37 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate1.300609.1
Floating-point processing powerno data19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs4160
TMUs4432
Tensor Coresno data432

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
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-pin EPS

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 typeDDRHBM2e
Maximum RAM amount128 MB80 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz1512 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s1,935 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/A3.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2003 8 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 80 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 37 Watt 250 Watt

FX 5600 has 575.7% lower power consumption.

A800 PCIe 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 19 years, a 63900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5600 and A800 PCIe 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5600 is a desktop card while A800 PCIe 80 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
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