NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 9 month(s) later
5x more core clock speed: 999 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
21.1x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 332 MHz
506.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4055 vs 8
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 287 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2018 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	999 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4055 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	287 vs 247

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

15.1x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 53.12 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 53.12 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4055

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

287

247

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	4055	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	287	247
Geekbench - OpenCL	14675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Rankine
Code name	GP107	NV34 A1
Launch date	3 January 2018	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	701	700
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz
Core clock speed	999 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0