GeForce FX 5200 LE vs GTX 1080 11Gbps
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Rankine (2003−2005) |
| GPU code name | GP104 | NV34 A2 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 20 April 2017 (7 years ago) | 17 March 2003 (21 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | 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 | 2560 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1607 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1733 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 45 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 180 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 277.3 | 1.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.873 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | 4 |
| TMUs | 160 | 4 |
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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
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 | GDDR5X | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1376 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 352.3 GB/s | 2.656 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 9.0a |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 April 2017 | 17 March 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 150 nm |
GTX 1080 11Gbps has an age advantage of 14 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 837.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and GeForce FX 5200 LE. We've got no test results to judge.
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