AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 475 MHz
15.7x more texture fill rate: 29.76 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 74 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 274
24.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1420 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 74 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 950 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	388 vs 274
PassMark - G3D Mark	1420 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

388

274

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1420

Name	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
PassMark - G2D Mark	388	274
PassMark - G3D Mark	1420	59
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Cape Verde	NV38 A1
Launch date	21 December 2013	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	612	609
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	930 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	74 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 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 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR