NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 235 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / s vs 800 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	235 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s vs 800 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 332 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G2D Mark		247
PassMark - G3D Mark		8

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV31 A1	NV34 A1
Launch date	17 March 2003	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	700
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	235 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	80 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	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	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR