NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 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 8800M GTS

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
11.4x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
22.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 382 vs 17
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 122

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2007 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	382 vs 17
PassMark - G2D Mark	159 vs 122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

159

122

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	382	17
PassMark - G2D Mark	159	122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1989

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rankine
Code name	G92	NV31 A1
Launch date	1 November 2007	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1259	1262
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Length		191 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0