NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV30 | GF106 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Rankine | Fermi |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 130 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 125 million | 1,170 million |
| Die size | 199 mm² | 238 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | N12E-GE-B-A1 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 6th, 2003 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce FX | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Launch price | 399 USD | — |
| Interface | AGP 8x | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 4 Ti | — |
| Successor | GeForce 6 AGP | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 500 MHz | 525 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1050 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR2 | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 16.00 GB/s | 28.80 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 2 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 24 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| Shading units | — | 144 |
| SM count | — | 3 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 256 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.000 GPixel/s | 3.150 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 250.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 4.000 GTexel/s | 12.60 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 302.4 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 25.20 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 213 mm 8.4 inches | — |
| TDP | unknown | 35 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x Molex | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0a | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0a | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0a | — |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
| Shader model | — | 5.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Oct 27th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 500M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 400M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 600M |
