ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT vs GeForce FX 5500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce FX 5500 and Radeon HD 2600 XT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FX 5500
2004
64 MB DDR
0.02

ATI HD 2600 XT outperforms FX 5500 by a whopping 3550% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking14881164
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.02
Power efficiencyno data1.11
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameNV34 B1RV630
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 March 2004 (20 years ago)28 June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$36.99 $199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data120
Core clock speed270 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors45 million390 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rate1.0806.400
Floating-point processing powerno data0.192 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs48

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 8xPCIe 1.0 x16
Length152 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount64 MB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.312 GB/s22.4 GB/s

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-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a10.0 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)3.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX 5500 0.02
ATI HD 2600 XT 0.73
+3550%

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.

FX 5500 8
ATI HD 2600 XT 282
+3425%

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 0.73
Recency 17 March 2004 28 June 2007
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 150 nm 65 nm

ATI HD 2600 XT has a 3550% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 2600 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX 5500 in performance tests.


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