GeForce RTX 5090 vs Quadro4 980 XGL

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1502not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKelvin (2001−2003)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameNV28 A2GB202
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date12 November 2002 (22 years ago)2025

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 data21760
Core clock speed300 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors36 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data500 Watt
Texture fill rate2.4001,714
Floating-point processing powerno data109.7 TFLOPS
ROPs8192
TMUs8680
Tensor Coresno data680
Ray Tracing Coresno data170

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 8xPCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR7
Maximum RAM amount128 MB32 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed325 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.4 GB/s1.52 TB/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, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-10.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 32 GB

RTX 5090 has a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro4 980 XGL and GeForce RTX 5090. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro4 980 XGL is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
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