ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 275 MHz
193.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 500 MHz
39.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 709 vs 18
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 224 vs 186

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 January 2008 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	709 vs 18
PassMark - G2D Mark	224 vs 186

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

709

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

224

186

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	709	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	224	186
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rankine
Code name	R680	NV31 A1
Launch date	26 January 2008	1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	944	945
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	2x 320
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 57.7 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR