Quadro P2200 vs Radeon HD 5950

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated212
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data32.38
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameHemlockGP106
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release dateno data10 June 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price$37 $409

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores14401280
Core clock speed725 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1493 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)302 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate52.20119.4

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length280 mm201 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount1 GB5 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed4 GB/s10008 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s200.2 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, 1x DisplayPort 1.14x DisplayPort
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDAno data6.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 5 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 302 Watt 75 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5950 and Quadro P2200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5950 is a desktop card while Quadro P2200 is a workstation one.


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