RTX 5880 Ada Generation vs GeForce 7950 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1089not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameG71AD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 August 2006 (17 years ago)5 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$114.95 no data
Current price$200 (1.7x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data14080
Core clock speed550 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2460 MHz
Number of transistors278 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt285 Watt
Texture fill rate13.201,082

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth44.8 GB/s864.0 GB/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-Video4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 August 2006 5 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 48 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 285 Watt

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