NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition

Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 650 MHz vs 550 MHz

Memory clock speed	650 MHz vs 550 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm

Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark		13
PassMark - G2D Mark		168

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV34 A2	NV31 A1
Launch date	6 March 2003	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1022
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	80 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		37 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP Pro 8x	AGP 8x
Length	171 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR