Radeon RX 5950 vs GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1417not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.14no data
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV38Navi 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 October 2003 (21 year ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 data4864
Core clock speed475 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1535 MHz
Number of transistors135 million21,000 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)74 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate3.800466.6
Floating-point processing powerno data14.93 TFLOPS
ROPs496
TMUs8304

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 4.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex2x 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 amount256 MB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed475 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth30.4 GB/s672.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 74 Watt 350 Watt

FX 5950 Ultra has 373% lower power consumption.

RX 5950, on the other hand, has a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and Radeon RX 5950. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
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