GeForce PCX 5900 vs 820M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1028not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.16no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGF117NV35
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date27 November 2013 (10 years ago)17 March 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96no data
Core clock speed625 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors585 million135 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.002.800
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs168

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz275 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s17.6 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0a
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 820M 494
+1353%
PCX 5900 34

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 November 2013 17 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

GeForce 820M has an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 820M and GeForce PCX 5900. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 820M is a notebook card while GeForce PCX 5900 is a desktop one.


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