| Attribute | Radeon HD 5950 × | Radeon R9 285X × |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | ||
| Release year (year) | 2009 | 2016 |
| GPU brand | ATI | AMD |
| GPU name | Hemlock | Tonga |
| Market | Desktop | - |
| Clock speed (MHz) | 725 | 1,002 |
| Is dual GPU | + | - |
| Model | Radeon HD 5950 | Radeon R9 285X |
| Memory | ||
| Memory (MB) | 2,048 | 3,072 |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 256 | 264 |
| Memory bus (bit) | 512 | 384 |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 1,000 | 1,375 |
| Effective memory clock speed (MHz) | 4,000 | 5,500 |
| Noise and power | ||
| TDP (W) | 302 | 200 |
| Raw performance | ||
| Pixel rate (GPixel/s) | 46.4 | 32.1 |
| Render output processors | 64 | 32 |
| Texture mapping units | 144 | 128 |
| Shading units | 2,880 | 2,048 |
| Floating-point performance (GFLOPS) | 4,176 | 4,104 |
| Compute units | 36 | 32 |
| Texture rate (GTexel/s) | 104.4 | 128.3 |