GeForce RTX 2060 vs FX 5900 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated162
Place by popularitynot in top-10020
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data32.11
Power efficiencyno data16.04
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNV35TU106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 May 2003 (22 years ago)7 January 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 coresno data1920
Core clock speed400 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1680 MHz
Number of transistors135 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate3.200201.6
Floating-point processing powerno data6.451 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs8120
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex1x 8-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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed350 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s336.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-7.5
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2003 7 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 160 Watt

FX 5900 XT has 357.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5900 XT and GeForce RTX 2060. We've got no test results to judge.

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