GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition vs FX 5900

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1504not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameNV35GM107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 May 2003 (22 years ago)13 March 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

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 data640
Core clock speed400 MHz993 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1124 MHz
Number of transistors135 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data75 Watt
Texture fill rate3.20044.96
Floating-point processing powerno data1.439 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs840

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 8xMXM-B (3.0)
Length218 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno 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 typeDDRDDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed425 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth27.2 GB/s28.8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-5.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2003 13 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 28 nm

GTX 950M Mac Edition has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5900 and GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5900 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition is a notebook one.

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