GeForce FX 5200 Rev. 2 vs GTX 285M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking905not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.28no data
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameN10E-GTX1NV34 B1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2 March 2009 (15 years ago)6 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Current price$111 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128no data
CUDA cores128no data
Core clock speed576 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors754 million45 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate38 billion/sec1.000
Floating-point performance384.0 gflopsno data
Gigaflops576no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 285M and GeForce FX 5200 Rev. 2 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options2-wayno data
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno 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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 1020 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth61 GB/s3.2 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 ConnectorsSingle Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

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

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0a
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.11.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 March 2009 6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 150 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 285M and GeForce FX 5200 Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 285M is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5200 Rev. 2 is a desktop one.


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