NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 13

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 September 2005 vs 6 March 2003
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	59 vs 13

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 532 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

168

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
PassMark - G2D Mark	166	168
PassMark - G3D Mark	59	13

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV40 A1	NV31 A1
Launch date	30 September 2005	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1021	1022
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	80 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		37 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.51 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	532 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR