GeForce FX 5700 Engineering Sample vs 8100 + nForce 720a

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameC78NV36S
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 May 2008 (17 years ago)18 August 2003 (22 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores16no data
Core clock speed500 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors210 million82 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate4.0001.700
Floating-point processing power0.0384 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs84

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).

InterfacePCIAGP 8x
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x Molex

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 typeSystem SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared128 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data8 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0a
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.5 (full) 2.0 (partial)
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 May 2008 18 August 2003
Chip lithography 80 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 25 Watt

8100 + nForce 720a has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

FX 5700 Engineering Sample, on the other hand, has 60% lower power consumption.

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