NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra vs ATI Radeon HD 3200

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRV6xx (2007−2010)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameRS780MNV38
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2008 (15 years old)23 October 2003 (20 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499
Current price$260 no data

Technical specs

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 cores40no data
Core clock speed500 MHz475 MHz
Number of transistors181 Million135 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data74 Watt
Texture fill rate1.9763.800

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 3200 and GeForce FX 5950 Ultra compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16AGP 8x
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x Molex

Memory

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 typeSystem SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared950 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data30.4 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX10.0 (10_0)9.0a
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.0N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 3200 82
+39%
FX 5950 Ultra 59

Radeon HD 3200 outperforms GeForce FX 5950 Ultra by 39% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 4 June 2008 23 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 130 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3200 and GeForce FX 5950 Ultra. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 3200 is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5950 Ultra is a desktop one.


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