GeForce FX 5800 vs HD Graphics 6000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking856not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.22no data
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT3NV30
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 September 2014 (10 years ago)6 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

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 cores384no data
Core clock speed300 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million125 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt44 Watt
Texture fill rate45.603.200
Floating-point processing power0.7296 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64
TMUs488

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).

InterfaceRing BusAGP 8x
Lengthno data213 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeSystem SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared128 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared400 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data12.8 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0a
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.41.5 (2.1)
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 September 2014 6 March 2003
Chip lithography 14 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 44 Watt

HD Graphics 6000 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 193.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 6000 and GeForce FX 5800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 6000 is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5800 is a desktop one.


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