GeForce FX 5900 Ultra and GeForce FX 5500 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce FX 5900 Ultra vs GeForce FX 5500
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
42
GeForce FX 5500
8
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GeForce FX 5500
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV35
NV34 B1
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2003
March 2004
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
None
Core clock speed
450 MHz
270 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
135 million
45 million
Power consumption (TDP)
59 Watt
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Texture fill rate
3.600
1.080
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
64 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
850 MHz
332 MHz
Memory bandwidth
27.2 GB/s
5.312 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