FX 4600 vs FX 5600

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	878	947
Value for money	0.11	0.04
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G80	G80
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	5 March 2007 (15 years old)	5 March 2007 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999	$1,999
Current price	$169 (0.1x MSRP)	$209 (0.1x MSRP)

Technical specs

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 cores	128	96
Core clock speed	600 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million	681 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	171 Watt	134 Watt
Texture fill rate	38.40	24.00
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops	230.4 gflops

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on 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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	254 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	768 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	67.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	+

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance rating	1.43	1.10
Cost	$2999	$1999
Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	96
Memory bandwidth	76.8	67.2
Thermal design power (TDP)	171 Watt	134 Watt

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