NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT 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 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 235 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 532 MHz vs 400 MHz
6.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 9

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 September 2005 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 235 MHz
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	532 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	59 vs 9

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

427.3x more texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	166	166
PassMark - G3D Mark	59	9

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV40 A1	NV31 A1
Launch date	30 September 2005	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1029	1031
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s	940 MTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	80 million
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	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	532 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR