AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 350 MHz
74x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 128 MB
9.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 550 MHz
82.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2817 vs 34
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 374 vs 258

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2817 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	374 vs 258

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2817

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

374

258

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
PassMark - G3D Mark	2817	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	374	258
Geekbench - OpenCL	13719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	181.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Tahiti	NV35
Launch date	8 January 2013	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	682	698
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR