NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4.3x more core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 275 MHz
69.9x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
14x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 500 MHz

Launch date	26 November 2015 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	1176 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659
PassMark - G3D Mark		18
PassMark - G2D Mark		186

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GM206	NV31 A1
Launch date	26 November 2015	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	978	975
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz
Core clock speed	1176 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR