ATI Radeon E4690 PCIe vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV730 | NV35 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | RV730 XT E4690 (215-0729055) | FX 5900 |
| Architecture | TeraScale | Rankine |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 130 nm |
| Number of transistors | 514 million | 135 million |
| Die size | 146 mm² | 207 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jun 1st, 2009 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Embedded (4000) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 600 MHz | 400 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective | 425 MHz 850 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 22.40 GB/s | 27.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 32 | 8 |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.800 GPixel/s | 1.600 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 19.20 GTexel/s | 3.200 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 384.0 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 300.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 175 mm 6.9 inches | 218 mm 8.6 inches |
| TDP | 30 W | unknown |
| Outputs | 2x DVI | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | 1x Molex |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 9.0a |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0a |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0a |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | May 12th, 2003 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce FX |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Launch price | — | 399 USD |
| Interface | — | AGP 8x |
| Reviews | — | 11 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 4 Ti |
| Successor | — | GeForce 6 AGP |
