AMD Radeon Pro 560 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 560 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 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).

AMD Radeon Pro 560

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 91% higher core clock speed: 907 MHz vs 475 MHz
30.6x more texture fill rate: 58.05 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
5.3x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 950 MHz
58.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3475 vs 59
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 724 vs 274

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	907 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	58.05 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 950 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3475 vs 59
PassMark - G2D Mark	724 vs 274

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 74 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	74 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 560
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3475

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

724

274

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 560	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	3475	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	724	274
Geekbench - OpenCL	15826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	41.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	614.695
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	189.085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 560	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Rankine
Code name	Polaris 21	NV38 A1
Launch date	18 April 2017	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	624	608
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	907 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,858 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	58.05 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	74 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	81.28 GB / s	30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0