UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) vs GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated538
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Gen. 12 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameNV31Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 March 2003 (21 year ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 coresno data64
Core clock speed400 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1400 MHz
Number of transistors80 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm10 nm
Texture fill rate1.600no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no data

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xno data
Length191 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno data

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 typeDDRno data
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed400 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12_1
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2003 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 130 nm 10 nm

UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) has an age advantage of 18 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5600 Ultra and UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5600 Ultra is a desktop card while UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is a notebook one.


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