GeForce FX 5600 and FireGL X1-256 - video card comparison
GeForce FX 5600
FireGL X1-256
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
Rage 8 (2002−2006)
GPU code name
NV31
R300
Market segment
Desktop
Workstation
Release date
March 2003
July 2002
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
325 MHz
325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
80 million
110 million
Power consumption (TDP)
37 Watt
37 Watt
Texture fill rate
1.300
2.600
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
620 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
19.84 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0a
9.0 (9_0)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.5 (2.1)
2.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A