NVIDIA GeForce 920MX vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920MX and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 965 MHz vs 325 MHz
21.7x more texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 16 Watt vs 37 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 550 MHz
83.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1080 vs 13

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 March 2016 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	965 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 Watt vs 37 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1080 vs 13

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 151

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 151

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

151

168

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1080	13
PassMark - G2D Mark	151	168
Geekbench - OpenCL	3912
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	385

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rankine
Code name	GM108	NV31 A1
Launch date	25 March 2016	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1035	1014
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	965 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	602.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	256
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count		80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers