NV42 vs Radeon HD 5690

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Redwood	NV42
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)	no data
Current price	no data	$11.92

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	400	no data
Core clock speed	775 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	627 million	198 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	15.50	no data
Floating-point performance	620.0 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	no data
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data

Memory type	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Supported Technologies

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

PureVideo HD

no data

VP1

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & Cons Summary

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Chip lithography

40 nm

110 nm

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