GeForce 256 DDR vs ATI FireGL V5600

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	RV630	NV10 A3
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	28 June 2007 (18 years ago)	23 December 1999 (26 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	120	no data
Core clock speed	800 MHz	120 MHz
Number of transistors	390 million	17 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	220 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	6.400	0.48
Floating-point processing power	0.192 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	8	4
L2 Cache	64 KB	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR4	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	32 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB/s	4.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI

1x VGA

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10.0 (10_0)	7.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	1.2
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 June 2007	23 December 1999
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	32 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	220 nm