NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz
5.5x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 242 vs 188
21.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 738 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 February 2010 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	242 vs 188
PassMark - G3D Mark	738 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

242

188

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

738

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
PassMark - G2D Mark	242	188
PassMark - G3D Mark	738	35
Geekbench - OpenCL	11231
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3974
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3974

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GT215	NV35
Launch date	2 February 2010	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	958	961
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm	218 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	27.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR