Radeon R9 255 OEM vs GeForce FX Go5650

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1534not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameNV31Cape Verde
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 March 2003 (22 years ago)21 December 2013 (11 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 data512
Core clock speed325 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data930 MHz
Number of transistors80 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data65 Watt
Texture fill rate1.30029.76
Floating-point processing powerno data0.9523 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs432
L1 Cacheno data128 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 KB

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 3.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed295 MHz1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth9.44 GB/s73.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2003 21 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 28 nm

R9 255 OEM has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX Go5650 and Radeon R9 255 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX Go5650 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R9 255 OEM is a desktop one.

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