NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
- Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 74 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 59 Watt vs 74 Watt |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
- Around 6% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 450 MHz
- Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 1.9 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
- Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 850 MHz
- Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 41
- Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 170
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 475 MHz vs 450 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 1.9 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s |
Memory clock speed | 950 MHz vs 850 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 59 vs 41 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 274 vs 170 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 41 | 59 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 170 | 274 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rankine | Rankine |
Code name | NV35 | NV38 A1 |
Launch date | 23 October 2003 | 23 October 2003 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $499 |
Place in performance rating | 1041 | 637 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 475 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 130 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1.8 GTexel / s | 1.9 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 59 Watt | 74 Watt |
Transistor count | 135 million | 135 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 8x |
Length | 218 mm | 229 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | 1x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0a | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 27.2 GB / s | 30.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 850 MHz | 950 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | DDR |