NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 38% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 325 MHz
- 8.3x more texture fill rate: 10.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
- 2.4x more memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 550 MHz
- 19.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 258 vs 13
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 9 March 2006 vs 6 March 2003 |
Core clock speed | 450 MHz vs 325 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 10.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm vs 130 nm |
Maximum memory size | 256 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1320 MHz vs 550 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 258 vs 13 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
- Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 37 Watt vs 48 Watt
- Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 160
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 37 Watt vs 48 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 168 vs 160 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 258 | 13 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 160 | 168 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Curie | Rankine |
Code name | G71 | NV31 A1 |
Launch date | 9 March 2006 | 6 March 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 1020 | 1022 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 325 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 130 nm |
Texture fill rate | 10.8 GTexel / s | 1.3 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 48 Watt | 37 Watt |
Transistor count | 278 million | 80 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 42.2 GB / s | 8.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1320 MHz | 550 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |