Radeon RX 5900 vs GeForce GTX 260 216 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code nameGT200BNavi 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 November 2008 (17 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores2164096
Core clock speed576 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1635 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million21,000 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate41.47418.6
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS13.39 TFLOPS
ROPs2896
TMUs72256
L2 Cache224 KBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount896 MB12 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s672.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary

Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 300 Watt

GTX 260 216 Rev. 2 has 75% lower power consumption.

RX 5900, on the other hand, has a 1271% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 686% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX 5900. We've got no test results to judge.

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