GeForce FX 5600 and Radeon 9600 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce FX 5600 vs Radeon 9600 XT
GeForce FX 5600
12
Radeon 9600 XT
36
GeForce FX 5600
Radeon 9600 XT
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name
NV31
RV360
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2003
October 2003
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
325 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
80 million
60 million
Power consumption (TDP)
37 Watt
22 Watt
Texture fill rate
1.300
2.000
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
9.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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