Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics vs GeForce PCX 5950
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Rankine (2003−2005) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | NV38 | Spectre SL |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 17 February 2004 (20 years ago) | 17 September 2014 (10 years ago) |
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 | no data | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 475 MHz | 626 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 847 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 135 million | 2,410 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 57 Watt | 17 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.800 | 10.02 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.3205 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
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 1.0 x16 | IGP |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 425 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 27.2 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0a | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.5 (6.0) |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.170 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 February 2004 | 17 September 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 57 Watt | 17 Watt |
R5 Mobile Graphics has an age advantage of 10 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 235.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce PCX 5950 and Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce PCX 5950 is a desktop card while Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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