GeForce FX 5900 XT vs HD Graphics 630

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking759not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.21no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameKaby Lake GT2NV35
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 January 2017 (7 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 cores192no data
Core clock speed350 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million135 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm++130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate24.003.200
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPSno data
ROPs34
TMUs248

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).

InterfaceRing BusAGP 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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4DDR
Maximum RAM amount64 GB128 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared350 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data22.4 GB/s
Shared memory+no 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0a
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.61.5 (2.1)
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2017 12 May 2003
Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

HD Graphics 630 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 51100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 630 and GeForce FX 5900 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 630 is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5900 XT is a desktop one.


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