NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE 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 5700 EP

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP

Around 70% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 250 MHz

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
PassMark - G3D Mark		33
PassMark - G2D Mark		161

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV36 A1	NV36 A1
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	1055
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Transistor count	82 million	82 million
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	3.2 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR