GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	18	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	18.67	no data
Architecture	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	Navi 21	NV31
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	8 December 2020 (3 years old)	17 March 2003 (21 year old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data
Current price	$957 (1x MSRP)	$172

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	5120	no data
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	235 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	26,800 million	80 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	720.0	0.94

Size and 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	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCI
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	3-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None

Memory

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	16 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	16000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	6.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI
HDMI	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0a
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	2.1	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	8 December 2020	17 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	130 nm

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