GeForce FX 5500 and GeForce FX 5600 XT - video card comparison

GeForce FX 5500

GeForce FX 5600 XT

Architecture

Rankine (2003−2005)

Rankine (2003−2005)

GPU code name

NV34 B1

NV31

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

March 2004

March 2003

Interface

AGP 8x

AGP 8x

Supplementary power connectors

None

None

Core clock speed

270 MHz

235 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

150 nm

130 nm

Number of transistors

45 million

80 million

Texture fill rate

1.080

0.94

Memory type

DDR

DDR

Maximum RAM amount

64 MB

128 MB

Memory bus width

128 Bit

128 Bit

Memory clock speed

332 MHz

400 MHz

Memory bandwidth

5.312 GB/s

6.4 GB/s

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

DirectX

9.0a

9.0a

OpenCL

N/A

N/A

OpenGL

1.5 (2.1)

1.5 (2.1)

Vulkan

N/A

N/A