GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI vs 8800 GS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1201	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.58	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	G92	NV31
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	31 January 2008 (17 years ago)	17 March 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 cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	235 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	80 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	26.40	0.94
Floating-point processing power	0.264 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	12	4
TMUs	48	4
L2 Cache	48 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	PCI
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	64 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	6.4 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 S-Video

1x DVI

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	9.0a
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	31 January 2008	17 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	64 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	130 nm

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