GeForce FX 5950 Ultra vs GTX 980 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	253	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.95	no data
Power efficiency	7.46	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	GM204	NV38
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	21 September 2015 (9 years ago)	23 October 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.82	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	2048	no data
Core clock speed	1064 MHz	475 MHz
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	135 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100-200 Watt	74 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.2	3.800
Floating-point processing power	4.358 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	4
TMUs	128	8

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 8x
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x Molex
SLI options	+	-

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	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	475 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	30.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	+	-
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	-
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-
BatteryBoost	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0a
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 September 2015	23 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	74 Watt

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