Iris Xe Graphics 96EU vs GeForce FX 5500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1488not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameNV34 B1Raptor Lake GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 March 2004 (20 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$36.99 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 coresno data768
Core clock speed270 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors45 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate1.08072.00
Floating-point processing powerno data2.304 TFLOPS
ROPs424
TMUs448

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xRing Bus
Length152 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount64 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed166 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth5.312 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2004 4 January 2023
Chip lithography 150 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics 96EU has an age advantage of 18 years, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5500 and Iris Xe Graphics 96EU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5500 is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics 96EU is a notebook one.


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