AMD Radeon RX 5700M vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code nameNV31Navi 10 / R19M-E120
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 March 2003 (21 year old)1 March 2020 (4 years old)
Current price$175 $525

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data2304
Core clock speed235 MHz1465 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1720 MHz
Number of transistors80 million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data120 Watt
Texture fill rate0.94247.7

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce FX 5600 XT and Radeon RX 5700M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX9.0a12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 17 March 2003 1 March 2020
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 7 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5600 XT and Radeon RX 5700M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5600 XT is a desktop card while Radeon RX 5700M is a notebook one.


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