GeForce FX 5200 vs 9300 GE

Place in the ranking	1387	1491
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	G98	NV18 C1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 June 2008 (16 years ago)	6 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$22.99	$69.99

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 cores	8	no data
Core clock speed	540 MHz	250 MHz
Number of transistors	210 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	4.320	1.000
Floating-point processing power	0.0208 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	8	4

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	DDR2	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	6.4 GB/s

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	8.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9300 GE 0.21
+950%

FX 5200 0.02

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.

9300 GE 80
+1043%

FX 5200 7

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.21	0.02
Recency	1 June 2008	6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	150 nm

9300 GE has a 950% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce 9300 GE is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX 5200 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.