AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6950 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
- 32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
- 3.8x more memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 332 MHz
- 326x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2608 vs 8
- Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 441 vs 247
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 14 December 2010 vs 6 March 2003 |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 150 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 64 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz vs 332 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2608 vs 8 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 441 vs 247 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
- 11.4x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 70.4 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate | 800 MTexel / s vs 70.4 GTexel / s |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 6950 | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2608 | 8 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 441 | 247 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 6105 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 16.999 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 899.056 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.659 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 49.698 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 251.203 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3652 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2523 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 11657 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3652 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2523 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 11657 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 6950 | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 3 | Rankine |
Code name | Cayman | NV34 A1 |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series | |
Launch date | 14 December 2010 | 6 March 2003 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | |
Place in performance rating | 713 | 710 |
Price now | $89.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 45.34 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 800 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 2,252.8 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 150 nm |
Pipelines | 1408 | |
Texture fill rate | 70.4 GTexel / s | 800 MTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 500 Watt | |
Transistor count | 2,640 million | 45 million |
Core clock speed | 200 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Length | 267 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 64 MB |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 332 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR |
Memory bandwidth | 2.656 GB / s | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire |