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.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

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

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	1022
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