UHD Graphics vs GeForce FX 5800

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated602
Place by popularitynot in top-1007
Power efficiencyno data38.89
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameNV30Jasper Lake GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 March 2003 (21 year ago)11 January 2021 (3 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 coresno data256
Core clock speed400 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data750 MHz
Number of transistors125 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm10 nm+
Power consumption (TDP)44 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate3.20012.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs816

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 8xRing Bus
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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount128 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed400 MHzSystem Shared
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 outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2003 11 January 2021
Chip lithography 130 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 44 Watt 10 Watt

UHD Graphics has an age advantage of 17 years, a 1200% more advanced lithography process, and 340% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5800 and UHD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5800 is a desktop card while UHD Graphics is a notebook one.


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