GeForce 256 DDR vs ATI Radeon HD 5830

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	740	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.83	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Cypress	NV10 A3
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 February 2010 (16 years ago)	23 December 1999 (26 years ago)

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	1120	no data
Core clock speed	800 MHz	120 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	17 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	220 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	44.80	0.48
Floating-point processing power	1.792 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	56	4
L1 Cache	112 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	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 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	282 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	4.8 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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x VGA
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	7.0
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 February 2010	23 December 1999
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	220 nm