Sony Playstation 2 GPU 250nm vs Radeon RX 5950
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) | no data |
| GPU code name | Navi 21 | GS-250nm |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | no data | 4 March 2000 (25 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $299 |
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 | 4864 | no data |
| Core clock speed | no data | 147 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1535 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 21,000 million | 54 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 79 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 466.6 | 1.176 |
| Floating-point processing power | 14.93 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 96 | 16 |
| TMUs | 304 | 8 |
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 | no data |
| Length | no data | 302 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | no data |
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 | eDRAM |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 4 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 2560 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | 150 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 672.0 GB/s | 48 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) | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | no data | N/A |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 79 Watt |
RX 5950 has a 614300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3471.4% more advanced lithography process.
Sony Playstation 2 GPU 250nm, on the other hand, has 343% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5950 and Sony Playstation 2 GPU 250nm. We've got no test results to judge.
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