AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 640

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 400 MHz
12181.3x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 3.2 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: 2 GB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 700 MHz
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 188
55.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1952 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 May 2019 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 188
PassMark - G3D Mark	1952 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

188

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1952

Name	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3278
Geekbench - OpenCL	10390
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	188
PassMark - G3D Mark	1952	35

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Rankine
Code name	Arctic Islands	NV35
Launch date	13 May 2019	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	810	941
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512
Pixel fill rate	19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Length	5.7 inches (145 mm)	218 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12	9.0a
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)