3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI vs Radeon RX 6800

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	64	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	42.01	no data
Power efficiency	16.20	no data
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)	Voodoo Scalable (2000)
GPU code name	Navi 21	VSA-100
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	28 October 2020 (5 years ago)	22 June 2000 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$579	$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	3840	no data
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	166 MHz
Boost clock speed	2105 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	26,800 million	14 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	505.2	0.33 ×2
Floating-point processing power	16.17 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	96	2 ×2
TMUs	240	2 ×2
Ray Tracing Cores	60	no data
L0 Cache	960 KB	no data
L1 Cache	768 KB	no data
L2 Cache	4 MB	no data
L3 Cache	128 MB	no data

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 4.0 x16	PCI
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x Molex

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	GDDR6	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	32 MB ×2
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	2.656 GB/s ×2
Shared memory	-	no data
Resizable BAR	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x VGA
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	6.0
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.1
OpenCL	2.1	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 October 2020	22 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	30 Watt

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