AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 20 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1295 MHz vs 400 MHz
182250x more texture fill rate: 583.2 GTexel/s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 130 nm
128x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 128 MB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 700 MHz
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1169 vs 188
691.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24198 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	1295 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169 vs 188
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1169

188

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24198

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169	188
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198	35
Geekbench - OpenCL	140136
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.482
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	530.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2259.753

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Rankine
Code name	Navi 32	NV35
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	24	961
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1295 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	3840
Pixel fill rate	233.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	50 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	218 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x Molex
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0a
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	624.1 GB/s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR