GeForce PCX 5900 vs Radeon Sky 900
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1529 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Rankine (2003−2005) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | NV35 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 March 2013 (12 years ago) | 17 March 2003 (22 years ago) |
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 | 3584 ×2 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 950 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 135 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 106.4 ×2 | 2.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.405 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 32 ×2 | 4 |
| TMUs | 112 ×2 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 448 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 768 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).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 305 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| 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 | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB ×2 | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit ×2 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 480 GB/s ×2 | 17.6 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 | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 9.0a |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.5 (full) 2.0 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 March 2013 | 17 March 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 nm |
Sky 900 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Sky 900 and GeForce PCX 5900. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Sky 900 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce PCX 5900 is a desktop one.
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