Radeon RX Vega M vs GeForce FX 5800

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	377
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	80.44
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	NV30	Vega
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	6 March 2003 (23 years ago)	1 February 2018 (8 years 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 cores	no data	512
Core clock speed	400 MHz	720 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1190 MHz
Number of transistors	125 million	4,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	44 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.200	38.08
ROPs	4	8
TMUs	8	32

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).

Interface	AGP 8x	IGP
Length	213 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	no 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 type	DDR	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data

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 Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0a	12.0
Shader Model	no data	5.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 March 2003	1 February 2018
Chip lithography	130 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	44 Watt	15 Watt