NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 350 MHz
26.3x more texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 128 MB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 700 MHz
34.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 590 vs 17

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 November 2006 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	590 vs 17

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 122 vs 98

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	122 vs 98

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	590	17
PassMark - G2D Mark	98	122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rankine
Code name	G80	NV31 A1
Launch date	8 November 2006	17 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$199
Place in performance rating	1260	1262
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	575
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt
Transistor count	681 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
Length	270 mm	191 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
SLI