Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary vs GeForce FX 5700 VE

VS

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated87
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data42.26
Power efficiencyno data13.26
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameNV36Navi 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2004 (20 years ago)7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 data2560
Core clock speed250 MHz1680 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1980 MHz
Number of transistors82 million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data225 Watt
Texture fill rate1.000316.8
Floating-point processing powerno data10.14 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs4160

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 4.0 x16
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s448.0 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-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2004 7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 7 nm

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary has an age advantage of 14 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5700 VE and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
GeForce FX 5700 VE
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary
Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


4.6 9 votes

Rate GeForce FX 5700 VE on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.3 130 votes

Rate Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.