GeForce 256 DDR vs Radeon Pro 5700

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking180not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency16.20no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameNavi 10NV10 A3
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date4 August 2020 (4 years ago)23 December 1999 (25 years 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 cores2304no data
Core clock speed1243 MHz120 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,300 million17 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm220 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Wattno data
Texture fill rate194.40.48
Floating-point processing power6.221 TFLOPSno data
ROPs644
TMUs1444

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 4.0 x16AGP 4x
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6DDR
Maximum RAM amount8 GB32 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz150 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s4.8 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 VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)7.0
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 August 2020 23 December 1999
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 7 nm 220 nm

Pro 5700 has an age advantage of 20 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3042.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro 5700 and GeForce 256 DDR. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 5700 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 256 DDR is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon Pro 5700
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