GeForce FX 5950 Ultra vs GT 520

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1137not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency2.00no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGF119NV38
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 April 2011 (13 years ago)23 October 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed810 MHz475 MHz
Number of transistors292 million135 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt74 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature102 °Cno data
Texture fill rate6.4803.800
Floating-point processing power0.1555 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs88

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length145 mm229 mm
Height2.7" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x Molex

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB (DDR3)256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz (DDR3)475 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s30.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0a
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.22.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 520 311
+427%
FX 5950 Ultra 59

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 April 2011 23 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB (DDR3) 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 74 Watt

GT 520 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 225% more advanced lithography process, and 155.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520 and GeForce FX 5950 Ultra. We've got no test results to judge.


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