ATI Radeon HD 5950: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
- Core clock speed 725 MHz
- Max video memory 1024 MB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 4 Gbps
- Maximum resolution
Summary
This is a TeraScale 2 architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 1 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 4 GB/s are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 128.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 280 mm. One 6-pin and one 8-pin connectors are required, and power consumption is at 302 Watt.
We have no data on Radeon HD 5950 benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon HD 5950: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | |
| GPU code name | Hemlock | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | no data | |
| Current price | $37 | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
Radeon HD 5950's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon HD 5950's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1440 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 302 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 52.20 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon HD 5950's 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 | |
| Length | 280 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon HD 5950: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 4 GB/s | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon HD 5950. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, 1x DisplayPort 1.1 | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon HD 5950, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Radeon HD 5950 NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon HD 5950 from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.
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