NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- 2.3x more core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 235 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
- 3.5x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 400 MHz
- 38.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 348 vs 9
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 6 August 2006 vs 17 March 2003 |
Core clock speed | 550 MHz vs 235 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm vs 130 nm |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 348 vs 9 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
- 71.2x more texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
- Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 166 vs 153
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 940 MTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 166 vs 153 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 348 | 9 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 153 | 166 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Curie | Rankine |
Code name | G71 | NV31 A1 |
Launch date | 6 August 2006 | 17 March 2003 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $114.95 | |
Place in performance rating | 1036 | 1039 |
Price now | $114.95 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 2.99 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 235 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 130 nm |
Texture fill rate | 13.2 GTexel / s | 940 MTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 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 | 512 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 44.8 GB / s | 6.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | 400 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |