GeForce FX 5900 Ultra vs GTX 560 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	485	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.77	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	GF114	NV35
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 January 2011 (13 years ago)	23 October 2003 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$499
Current price	$130 (0.5x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	384	no data
Core clock speed	822 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	135 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	59 Watt
Texture fill rate	52.67	3.600
Floating-point performance	1,263.4 gflops	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	229 mm	218 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x Molex

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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz	850 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.3 GB/s	27.2 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	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0a
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 January 2011	23 October 2003
Cost	$249	$499
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	59 Watt

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