GeForce FX 5900 XT vs GTX 760A

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking742not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.17no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGK106NV35
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 March 2014 (10 years ago)12 May 2003 (21 year ago)

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 cores768no data
Core clock speed628 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed657 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,540 million135 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate42.053.200
Floating-point processing power1.009 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs648

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz350 MHz
Memory bandwidth64.13 GB/s22.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0a
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2014 12 May 2003
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 760A has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

FX 5900 XT, on the other hand, has 57.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 760A and GeForce FX 5900 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 760A is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5900 XT is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760A
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