Atari VCS 800 GPU vs Radeon RX 5950 XT
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 | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | Navi 21 | Banded Kestrel |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | no data | 14 December 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $399 |
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 | 5120 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1635 MHz | 1201 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 21,000 million | 4,940 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 523.2 | 14.41 |
| Floating-point processing power | 16.74 TFLOPS | 0.4612 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 4 |
| TMUs | 320 | 12 |
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 4.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | no data | 295 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 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 | GDDR6 | DDR4 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 672.0 GB/s | 38.4 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 15 Watt |
RX 5950 XT has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
Atari VCS 800 GPU, on the other hand, has 2233.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5950 XT and Atari VCS 800 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
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