NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE 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 5900 Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 1.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 850 MHz vs 332 MHz
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 41 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2003 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	850 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	41 vs 7

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	41	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	170	170

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV35	NV34 A2
Launch date	23 October 2003	17 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	1011	1012
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt
Transistor count	135 million	45 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
Length	218 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	27.2 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	850 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR