GeForce FX 5700 Engineering Sample vs 8600 GTS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1299not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.55no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameG84NV36S
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (18 years ago)18 August 2003 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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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 cores32no data
Core clock speed675 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors289 million82 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate10.801.700
Floating-point processing power0.0928 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs164
L2 Cache32 KBno 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16AGP 8x
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x Molex
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MB128 MB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s8 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 Connectors2x DVI, 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
OpenGL2.11.5 (full) 2.0 (partial)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 18 August 2003
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 25 Watt

8600 GTS has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

FX 5700 Engineering Sample, on the other hand, has 140% lower power consumption.

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