Radeon HD 7350 OEM PCI vs GeForce FX 5900 XT

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	NV35	Cedar
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	12 May 2003 (20 years ago)	5 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Current price	$315	no data

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 cores	no data	80
Core clock speed	400 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	135 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	19 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.200	5.200

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	PCI
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	no data

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB/s	8 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI	no data	+

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0a	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	4.4
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	12 May 2003	5 January 2012
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Chip lithography	130 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	19 Watt

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