Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce PCX 5900

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce PCX 5900 with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

PCX 5900
2003
128 MB DDR
0.09
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
2024
4 GB GDDR6, 35 Watt
27.30
+30233%

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms PCX 5900 by a whopping 30233% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1460202
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data53.47
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNV35AD107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date17 March 2003 (21 year ago)26 February 2024 (less than a 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 coresno data2048
Core clock speed350 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors135 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rate2.800129.6
Floating-point processing powerno data8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs864
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed275 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth17.6 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.09 27.30
Recency 17 March 2003 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 5 nm

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has a 30233.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 20 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce PCX 5900 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce PCX 5900 is a desktop card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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