AMD Radeon Vega 7 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 7 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon Vega 7

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 7

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB

Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 7
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 7	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1262
PassMark - G3D Mark		41
PassMark - G2D Mark		170

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 7	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Rankine
Code name	Renoir	NV35
Launch date	Q1'2020	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1044	1041
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	448
Core clock speed		450 MHz
Texture fill rate		1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		59 Watt
Transistor count		135 million
Video outputs and ports
Number of simultaneous displays	3
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0a
OpenGL		1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth		27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		850 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 8x
Length		218 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex