NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 1.3 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13 vs 8
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 154

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 154

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

154

168

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	8	13
PassMark - G2D Mark	154	168

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV34 A2	NV31 A1
Launch date	6 March 2003	6 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$69.99
Place in performance rating	1119	1053
Price now	$69.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	80 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		37 Watt
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	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
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	6.4 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR