3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP vs GeForce FX 5600

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1485	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.06	no data
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	Voodoo Scalable (2000)
GPU code name	NV31	VSA-100
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	6 March 2003 (21 year ago)	22 June 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$299

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.

Core clock speed	325 MHz	166 MHz
Number of transistors	80 million	14 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.300	0.33
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	4	2

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	AGP 8x	AGP 2x
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex

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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	32 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	250 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	2.656 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 Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0a	6.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.1
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 March 2003	22 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	32 MB
Chip lithography	130 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	30 Watt

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