ATI 3D Rage PRO AGP vs Quadro K5000 SYNC

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Rage 3 (1997−1998)
GPU code nameGK104Rage 3
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date25 January 2013 (11 years ago)1 March 1997 (27 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,299 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 cores1536no data
Core clock speed706 MHz75 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million8 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm350 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Wattno data
Texture fill rate90.370.08
Floating-point processing power2.169 TFLOPSno data
ROPs321
TMUs1281

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 2x
Length267 mmno data
Width3-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5SDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1350 MHz75 MHz
Memory bandwidth172.8 GB/s600.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x SDI1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)6.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 January 2013 1 March 1997
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 350 nm

K5000 SYNC has an age advantage of 15 years, a 204700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K5000 SYNC and 3D Rage PRO AGP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K5000 SYNC is a workstation graphics card while 3D Rage PRO AGP is a desktop one.


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