RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce FX 5800

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated110
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data23.90
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNV30no data
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date6 March 2003 (21 year ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 data3072
Core clock speed400 MHzno data
Number of transistors125 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)44 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate3.200no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no 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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 8xno data
Length213 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 Ultimate
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2003 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 44 Watt 115 Watt

FX 5800 has 161.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 20 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5800 and RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5800 is a desktop card while RTX 2000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800
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