NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV35 | GF106 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | FX 5900 Ultra | GF106-250-KA-A1 |
| Architecture | Rankine | Fermi |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 130 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 135 million | 1,170 million |
| Die size | 207 mm² | 238 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 23rd, 2003 | Sep 13th, 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce FX | GeForce 400 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 499 USD | 129 USD |
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 11 in our database | 80 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce 4 Ti | GeForce 200 |
| Successor | GeForce 6 AGP | GeForce 500 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 450 MHz | 783 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 425 MHz 850 Mbps effective | 902 MHz 3.6 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1566 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 27.20 GB/s | 57.73 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 3 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| Shading units | — | 192 |
| SM count | — | 4 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 256 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.800 GPixel/s | 6.264 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 337.5 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 3.600 GTexel/s | 25.06 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 601.3 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 50.11 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 218 mm 8.6 inches | 210 mm 8.3 inches |
| TDP | 59 W | 106 W |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 2x DVI1x mini-HDMI |
| Power connectors | 1x Molex | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | P172 | P1060 |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0a | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0a | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0a | — |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
| Shader model | — | 5.1 |
