GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q vs FX 5600 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNV31AD104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 March 2003 (21 year ago)no data (2024 years 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 coresno data7280
Core clock speed235 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistors80 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm4 nm
Texture fill rate0.94324.0
Floating-point processing powerno data19.66 TFLOPS
ROPs480
TMUs4240

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 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s336.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 4 nm

RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q has a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5600 XT and GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5600 XT is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q
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