GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and GeForce FX 5900 XT - video card comparison
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
GeForce FX 5900 XT
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV38
NV35
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2003
May 2003
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
1x Molex
Core clock speed
475 MHz
400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
135 million
135 million
Power consumption (TDP)
74 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.800
3.200
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
950 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
30.4 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0a
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
1.5 (2.1)
Vulkan
N/A
N/A