NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 707.7x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Launch date 17 March 2004 vs 6 March 2003
Texture fill rate 920 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 230 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13 vs 8
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 152
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 325 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size 128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed 550 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark 168 vs 152

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8
13
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
152
168
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark 8 13
PassMark - G2D Mark 152 168

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Essentials

Architecture Rankine Rankine
Code name NV34 B1 NV31 A1
Launch date 17 March 2004 6 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $36.99
Place in performance rating 1089 1024
Price now $36.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 0.30

Technical info

Core clock speed 230 MHz 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 140 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 920 MTexel / 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
Length 152 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 64 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 3.2 GB / s 8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 200 MHz 550 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR