GeForce FX 5500 PCI and GeForce 256 DDR - video card comparison
GeForce FX 5500 PCI
GeForce 256 DDR
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
NV34 B1
NV10 A3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2004
December 1999
Interface
PCI
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
270 MHz
120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
220 nm
Number of transistors
45 million
17 million
Texture fill rate
1.080
0.48
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
32 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
400 MHz
300 MHz
Memory bandwidth
6.4 GB/s
4.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x VGA
DirectX
9.0a
7.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.5 (2.1)
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A