GeForce FX 5800 vs GTX 280

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking735not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.13no data
Power efficiency0.99no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGT200NV30
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 June 2008 (16 years ago)6 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 $299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores240no data
Core clock speed602 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million125 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)236 Watt44 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate48.163.200
Floating-point processing power0.6221 TFLOPSno data
ROPs324
TMUs808

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length267 mm213 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x Molex
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1107 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth141.7 GB/s12.8 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 ConnectorsHDTVDual Link DVI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0a
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.11.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 June 2008 6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 236 Watt 44 Watt

GTX 280 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

FX 5800, on the other hand, has 436.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce FX 5800. We've got no test results to judge.


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