Radeon RX 5950 vs GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

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)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	NV38	Navi 21
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 October 2003 (20 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	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	4864
Core clock speed	475 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1535 MHz
Number of transistors	135 million	21,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	74 Watt	350 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.800	466.6

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	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	2x 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 type	DDR	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	950 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	30.4 GB/s	672.0 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0a	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data

Pros & cons summary

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

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