Radeon Sky 500 vs GeForce FX 5200
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce FX 5200 with Radeon Sky 500, including specs and performance data.
Sky 500 outperforms FX 5200 by a whopping 56100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1557 | 455 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 5.78 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | NV18 C1 | Pitcairn |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 6 March 2003 (22 years ago) | 27 March 2013 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $69.99 | 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 29 million | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.000 | 76.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.432 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 | 80 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
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 | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 200 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 154 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.0 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.02 | 11.24 |
| Recency | 6 March 2003 | 27 March 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 28 nm |
Sky 500 has a 56100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon Sky 500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX 5200 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce FX 5200 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Sky 500 is a workstation one.
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