AMD Radeon Vega 10 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 10 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Vega 10

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 10

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 5 month(s) later
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 700 MHz
44.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1567 vs 35
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 369 vs 188

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 October 2017 vs 12 May 2003
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1567 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	369 vs 188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 10
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1567

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

369

188

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 10	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
PassMark - G3D Mark	1567	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	369	188
Geekbench - OpenCL	9383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	357.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	155.274
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3082
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3402
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3235
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3082
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3402
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3235
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	797

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 10	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Rankine
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	NV35
Launch date	26 October 2017	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	943	941
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz
Core clock speed		400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		130 nm
Texture fill rate		3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count		135 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0a
OpenGL		1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		DDR
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 8x
Length		218 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex