GeForce FX 5200 LE vs Radeon R9 M390X
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 510 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 9.56 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Rankine (2003−2005) |
| GPU code name | Amethyst | NV34 A2 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 May 2015 (10 years ago) | 17 March 2003 (23 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 | 723 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 45 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 92.54 | 1.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.961 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 128 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 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 |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 2.656 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | + | - |
| HD3D | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| DualGraphics | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 9.0a |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | Not Listed | N/A |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| Mantle | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 May 2015 | 17 March 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
R9 M390X has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 436% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M390X and GeForce FX 5200 LE. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R9 M390X is a notebook graphics card while GeForce FX 5200 LE is a desktop one.
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