UHD Graphics vs GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	599
Place by popularity	not in top-100	7
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code name	NV31	Jasper Lake GT1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	17 March 2003 (21 year ago)	11 January 2021 (3 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	no data	256
Core clock speed	235 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	750 MHz
Number of transistors	80 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	10 nm+
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	0.94	12.00
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.384 gflops

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	PCI	Ring Bus
Width	1-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	no 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 Connectors

1x DVI

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0a	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 March 2003	11 January 2021
Chip lithography	130 nm	10 nm

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