GeForce FX 5700 Engineering Sample vs RTX 2050 Max-Q
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 99 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | Rankine (2003−2005) |
| GPU code name | GA107 | NV36S |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 17 December 2021 (3 years ago) | 18 August 2003 (21 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 cores | 2048 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 832 MHz | 425 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1155 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 82 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 73.92 | 1.700 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.731 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 64 | 4 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 32 | no 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
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 | GDDR6 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 8 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 9.0a |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.5 (full) 2.0 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 December 2021 | 18 August 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 25 Watt |
RTX 2050 Max-Q has an age advantage of 18 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.
FX 5700 Engineering Sample, on the other hand, has 20% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q and GeForce FX 5700 Engineering Sample. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook graphics card while GeForce FX 5700 Engineering Sample is a desktop one.
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