NVIDIA GeForce 920MX vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920MX 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, 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 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 0 month(s) later
4.1x more core clock speed: 965 MHz vs 235 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
120.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1081 vs 9

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 March 2016 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	965 MHz vs 235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1081 vs 9

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

33.3x more texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 166 vs 150

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	166 vs 150

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1081

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

166

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1081	9
PassMark - G2D Mark	150	166
Geekbench - OpenCL	3944
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 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rankine
Code name	GM108	NV31 A1
Launch date	25 March 2016	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1040	1039
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	965 MHz	235 MHz
Floating-point performance	602.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	256
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s	940 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 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	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers