NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4.1x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 450 MHz
26.2x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 32 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 550 MHz
11.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 591 vs 51

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 March 2009 vs 1 February 2005
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	591 vs 51

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700

3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 171 vs 54

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	171 vs 54

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

171

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700
PassMark - G3D Mark	591	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	54	171
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rankine
Code name	G92B	NV36 A1
Launch date	4 March 2009	1 February 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1021	1023
Price now	$114.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI