NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 and NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 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 5700

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
  • 6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 41 vs 6
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 October 2003 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed 425 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 41 vs 6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600

  • Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
  • Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 648 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 648 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
41
6
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
173
173
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
PassMark - G3D Mark 41 6
PassMark - G2D Mark 173 173

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600

Essentials

Architecture Rankine Kelvin
Code name NV36 A1 NV25 A3
Launch date 23 October 2003 6 February 2002
Place in performance rating 993 996
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $399

Technical info

Core clock speed 425 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 1.7 GTexel / s 2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt
Transistor count 82 million 63 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 4x
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 216 mm

API support

DirectX 9.0a 8.1
OpenGL 1.5 (2.1) 1.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB / s 5.18 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz 648 MHz
Memory type DDR SDR