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.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

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

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	961	963
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