NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT 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 5600 XT

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

723.1x more texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 235 MHz
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13 vs 9
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 235 MHz
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13 vs 9
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

168

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	9	13
PassMark - G2D Mark	166	168

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV31 A1	NV31 A1
Launch date	17 March 2003	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1038	1022
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	235 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	80 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