NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4.3x more core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 325 MHz
38.9x more texture fill rate: 50.6 billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
7x more maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 128 MB
Around 62% higher memory clock speed: 1134 MHz vs 700 MHz
42x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1385 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 January 2009 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1385 vs 33

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 129 vs 67

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	129 vs 67

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

129

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1385	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	67	129
Geekbench - OpenCL	23256
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3195

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GT200B	NV35
Launch date	15 January 2009	12 May 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1232	1220
Price now	$119.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	325 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	127.0 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI