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.

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

348

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

166

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	348	9
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	166

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
Essentials
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	1035	1038
Price now	$114.95
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.99
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
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