RTX 5880 Ada Generation vs Radeon R9 Nano

Place in the ranking	249	4
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.41	no data
Power efficiency	8.77	21.93
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Fiji	AD102
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	27 August 2015 (9 years ago)	5 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	4096	14080
Compute units	64	no data
Core clock speed	no data	975 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	2460 MHz
Number of transistors	8,900 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	285 Watt
Texture fill rate	256.0	1,082
Floating-point processing power	8.192 TFLOPS	69.27 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	176
TMUs	256	440
Tensor Cores	no data	440
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	110

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	152 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

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 type	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	GDDR6
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	+	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	864.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	-
CrossFire	+	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.8
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 Nano 22.00

RTX 5880 Ada Generation 89.61
+307%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 Nano 8486

RTX 5880 Ada Generation 34568
+307%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	90 −289%	350−400 +289%
4K	44 −286%	170−180 +286%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	7.21	no data
4K	14.75	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40
−300%

140−150

+300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −288%	190−200 +288%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −305%	150−160 +305%
Battlefield 5	70−75 −303%	290−300 +303%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −300%	180−190 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −300%	140−150 +300%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −292%	200−210 +292%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −297%	230−240 +297%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 −276%	500−550 +276%
Hitman 3	40−45 −286%	170−180 +286%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −285%	400−450 +285%
Metro Exodus	75−80 −295%	300−310 +295%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 −297%	230−240 +297%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 −297%	290−300 +297%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 −265%	350−400 +265%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −288%	190−200 +288%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −305%	150−160 +305%
Battlefield 5	70−75 −303%	290−300 +303%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −300%	180−190 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −300%	140−150 +300%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −292%	200−210 +292%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −297%	230−240 +297%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 −276%	500−550 +276%
Hitman 3	40−45 −286%	170−180 +286%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −285%	400−450 +285%
Metro Exodus	75−80 −295%	300−310 +295%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 −297%	230−240 +297%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 −297%	290−300 +297%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 −296%	190−200 +296%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 −265%	350−400 +265%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −288%	190−200 +288%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −305%	150−160 +305%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −300%	180−190 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −300%	140−150 +300%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −292%	200−210 +292%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 −276%	500−550 +276%
Hitman 3	40−45 −286%	170−180 +286%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −285%	400−450 +285%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 −297%	290−300 +297%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	47 −304%	190−200 +304%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 −265%	350−400 +265%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60
−297%

230−240

+297%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 −305%	170−180 +305%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −282%	130−140 +282%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −291%	90−95 +291%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −305%	85−90 +305%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −300%	100−105 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −285%	50−55 +285%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −300%	100−105 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −303%	500−550 +303%
Hitman 3	24−27 −285%	100−105 +285%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −300%	180−190 +300%
Metro Exodus	40−45 −290%	160−170 +290%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −291%	180−190 +291%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −285%	100−105 +285%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 −294%	500−550 +294%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40
−305%

150−160

+305%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 −286%	85−90 +286%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −282%	65−70 +282%
Hitman 3	16−18 −282%	65−70 +282%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −295%	450−500 +295%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −296%	95−100 +296%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35 −300%	140−150 +300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −285%	50−55 +285%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −275%	45−50 +275%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −275%	45−50 +275%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −300%	120−130 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −285%	100−105 +285%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

−295%

75−80
+295%

This is how R9 Nano and RTX 5880 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 289% faster in 1080p
RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 286% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	22.00	89.61
Recency	27 August 2015	5 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	285 Watt

R9 Nano has 62.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 5880 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 307.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 5880 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 Nano in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 Nano is a desktop card while RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.