GeForce 9300 GS Rev. 2 vs FX 5950 Ultra

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1506	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.15	no data
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	NV38	GT218
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 October 2003 (22 years ago)	12 March 2011 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	16
Core clock speed	475 MHz	589 MHz
Number of transistors	135 million	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	74 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	3.800	4.712
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.04486 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	8	8
L2 Cache	no data	32 KB

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	AGP 8x	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	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	DDR	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	475 MHz	333 MHz
Memory bandwidth	30.4 GB/s	5.328 GB/s

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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0a	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	no data	4.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	N/A	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	-	1.2

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 October 2003	12 March 2011
Chip lithography	130 nm	40 nm