NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 325 MHz
46.8x more texture fill rate: 60.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
7.7x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 650 MHz

Launch date	1 January 2016 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	60.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 650 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.304
PassMark - G3D Mark		12
PassMark - G2D Mark		138

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GM206	NV34 A2
Launch date	1 January 2016	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1175	1172
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	924 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,946 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	60.8 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
Length		171 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR