GeForce FX 5900 and Radeon 9600 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce FX 5900 vs Radeon 9600 XT
GeForce FX 5900
35
Radeon 9600 XT
36
GeForce FX 5900
Radeon 9600 XT
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name
NV35
RV360
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2003
October 2003
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
None
Core clock speed
400 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
135 million
60 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
22 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.200
2.000
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
850 MHz
600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
27.2 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