Radeon RX 5900 XT vs ATI SDR PCI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 6 (2000−2007)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRage 6Navi 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 June 2000 (24 years ago)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 coresno data4352
Core clock speed166 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1735 MHz
Number of transistors30 million21,000 million
Manufacturing process technology180 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate1471.9
Floating-point processing powerno data15.1 TFLOPS
ROPs296
TMUs6272

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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 4.0 x16
Length165 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeSDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth2.656 GB/s672.0 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 Connectors1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.012 Ultimate (12_1)
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 180 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 300 Watt

ATI SDR PCI has 1204.3% lower power consumption.

RX 5900 XT, on the other hand, has a 38300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon SDR PCI and Radeon RX 5900 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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