GeForce FX 5950 Ultra vs GTX 1070 SLI Mobile

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	88	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	100.00	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	Pascal GP104 SLI	NV38
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	16 August 2016 (7 years old)	23 October 2003 (20 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$499
Current price	$274	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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	4096	no data
Core clock speed	1443 MHz	475 MHz
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	14400 Million	135 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	74 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	3.800

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GeForce FX 5950 Ultra compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	AGP 8x
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x Molex
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	950 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	30.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Video outputs and ports

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	no data	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Technologies

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

VR Ready

+

no data

API support

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

DirectX	12_1	9.0a
OpenGL	no data	2.1
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	16 August 2016	23 October 2003
Chip lithography	16 nm	130 nm

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