Vanta LT vs Quadro 5000 SDI
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 | Fermi (2010−2014) | Fahrenheit (1998−2000) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | NV5 B5 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 February 2011 (14 years ago) | 1 March 2000 (25 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $7,899 | 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 | 352 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 513 MHz | 105 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 15 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 172 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 22.57 | 0.21 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7223 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 40 | 2 |
| TMUs | 44 | 2 |
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 2.0 x16 | AGP 2x |
| Length | 248 mm | no data |
| Width | Quad-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | GDDR5 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2.5 GB | 8 MB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 750 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 120.0 GB/s | 800.0 MB/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, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI | 1x VGA |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 2.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 February 2011 | 1 March 2000 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2.5 GB | 8 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 250 nm |
5000 SDI has an age advantage of 10 years, a 31900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 525% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro 5000 SDI and Vanta LT. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro 5000 SDI is a workstation graphics card while Vanta LT is a desktop one.
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