ATI FirePro V9800 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V9800 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

ATI FirePro V9800

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 475 MHz
35.8x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 950 MHz
46.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 59
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 274

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2010 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 950 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 59
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 274

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

3.4x lower typical power consumption: 74 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	74 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V9800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2727

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

655

274

Name	ATI FirePro V9800	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	655	274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	118.756

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V9800	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rankine
Code name	Cypress	NV38 A1
Launch date	9 September 2010	23 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499	$499
Place in performance rating	618	615
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1600
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	74 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR