ATI Radeon 9100 vs GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1505
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.02
Architectureno dataRage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameNV31MR200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 March 2003 (21 year ago)1 April 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.

Pipelines / CUDA cores5no data
Core clock speed1 MHz250 MHz
Boost clock speed350 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data60 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data28 Watt
Texture fill rateno data2.000
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataAGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDRDDR
Maximum RAM amount32 MB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed300 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data8 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXDDR8.1
OpenGLno data1.4
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2003 1 April 2003
Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 130 nm 150 nm

FX Go 5600 / 5650 has a 15.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 9100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650 and Radeon 9100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650 is a notebook card while Radeon 9100 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650
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