UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs vs GeForce FX 5900 ZT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated652
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data11.23
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameNV35Tiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 May 2003 (21 year ago)15 August 2020 (4 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 coresno data48
Core clock speed325 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1450 MHz
Number of transistors135 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data28 Watt
Texture fill rate2.600no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no data

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 8xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno 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 typeDDRno data
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed350 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12_1
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2003 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 130 nm 10 nm

UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs has an age advantage of 17 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5900 ZT and UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5900 ZT is a desktop card while UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
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