GeForce 6200 AGP vs FX 5700

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1448	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.27	no data
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	NV36	NV18 C1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 October 2003 (21 year ago)	14 December 2003 (21 year 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.

Core clock speed	425 MHz	230 MHz
Number of transistors	82 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	1.700	0.92
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	4	4

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 8x
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	250 MHz	66 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	1.056 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, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0a	8.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 October 2003	14 December 2003
Chip lithography	130 nm	150 nm

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