GeForce FX 5950 Ultra vs Radeon E8950

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon E8950 with GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, including specs and performance data.

Radeon E8950
2015
8 GB GDDR5, 95 Watt
14.17
+9347%

E8950 outperforms FX 5950 Ultra by a whopping 9347% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3691417
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.230.14
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameAmethystNV38
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 September 2015 (9 years ago)23 October 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$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 cores2048no data
Core clock speed735 MHz475 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,000 million135 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt74 Watt
Texture fill rate128.03.800
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPSno data
ROPs324
TMUs1288

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)AGP 8x
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount8 GB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz475 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)9.0a
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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 14.17 0.15
Recency 29 September 2015 23 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 74 Watt

Radeon E8950 has a 9346.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

FX 5950 Ultra, on the other hand, has 28.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon E8950 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon E8950 is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5950 Ultra is a desktop one.


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