NV17 A5 vs Hawaii

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	238	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Hawaii	NV17 A5
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	no data	no data
Current price	$10.63	no data

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	2816	no data
Number of transistors	6,200 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	8.0
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	2.1	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.170	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

28 nm

150 nm

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