GeForce FX 5600 vs Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	358	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	Amethyst	NV31
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 November 2014 (9 years ago)	6 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Current price	no data	$124

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 cores	2048	no data
Core clock speed	850 MHz	325 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	80 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	37 Watt
Texture fill rate	108.8	1.300
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops	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	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 8x
Width	MXM Module	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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	174.3 GB/s	8 GB/s

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	9.0a
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 November 2014	6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	37 Watt

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