NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 vs ATI Radeon HD 5950

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 and ATI Radeon HD 5950. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G70GPU NameHemlock
GF-7800-U-A2Model numberHemlock PRO
CurieArchitectureTeraScale 2
TSMCFoundryTSMC
110 nmProcess Size40 nm
302 millionTransistors2,154 million
333 mm²Die Size334 mm²

Graphics Card

Nov 14th, 2005Release DateNever Released
GeForce 7 PCIe
(7800)
FamilyEvergreen
(HD 5900)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 6 PCIePredecessorRadeon R700
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size1024 MB x2
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit x2

Clock Speeds

800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock1000 MHz
4 Gbps effective
500 MHzGPU Clock725 MHz

Render Config

24TMUs72 x2
16ROPs32 x2

Board Design

228 mm
9 inches
Length279 mm
11 inches
108 WThermal design power (TDP)302 W
300 WSuggested PSU700 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX11.2 (11_0)
2.1OpenGL4.4
N/AOpenCL1.2
N/AVulkanN/A
3.0Shader Model5.0