GeForce FX 5200 vs RTX 3060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	163	not rated
Place by popularity	90	not in top-100
Power efficiency	28.15	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GA106	NV18 C1
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)	6 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$69.99

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	3840	no data
Core clock speed	900 MHz	250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1425 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	13,250 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	171.0	1.000
Floating-point processing power	10.94 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	2
TMUs	120	4
Tensor Cores	120	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	30	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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	6 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	6.4 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 Connectors

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	8.0
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A
CUDA	8.6	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 January 2021	6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	150 nm

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