NVIDIA GeForce 9100 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9100 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9100

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9100

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 82 vs 35
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 345 vs 188

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	82 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	345 vs 188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

345

188

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9100	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	345	188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	795

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9100	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rankine
Code name	C78	NV35
Launch date	17 April 2007	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	959	961
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	135 million
Texture fill rate		3.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Length		218 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Memory type		DDR