GeForce FX 5500 PCI vs Radeon R9 290X2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Rankine (2003−2005) |
| GPU code name | Hawaii | NV34 B1 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 24 June 2014 (11 years ago) | 17 March 2004 (22 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,399 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2816 ×2 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 270 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 45 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 580 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 176.0 ×2 | 1.080 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.632 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 64 ×2 | 4 |
| TMUs | 176 ×2 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 704 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 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 3.0 x16 | PCI |
| Length | no data | 165 mm |
| Width | 3-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 4x 8-pin | None |
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 type | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB ×2 | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit ×2 | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1350 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 345.6 GB/s ×2 | 6.4 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 9.0a |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 June 2014 | 17 March 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
R9 290X2 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 436% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 290X2 and GeForce FX 5500 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.
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