NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 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 5900

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 2x more core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 35 vs 8
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 May 2003 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed 400 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size 128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed 700 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 35 vs 8

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

  • 250x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 190 vs 188
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 800 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 190 vs 188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
35
8
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
188
190
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200
PassMark - G3D Mark 35 8
PassMark - G2D Mark 188 190

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

Essentials

Architecture Rankine Rankine
Code name NV35 NV34 B1
Launch date 12 May 2003 1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 934 936
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 140 nm
Texture fill rate 3.2 GTexel / s 800 MTexel / s
Transistor count 135 million 45 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Length 218 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 9.0a 9.0a
OpenGL 1.5 (2.1) 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 32 MB
Memory bandwidth 22.4 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 700 MHz 400 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR