CMP 30HX vs GeForce FX 5600

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated254
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data21.52
Power efficiencyno data12.17
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNV31TU116
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 March 2003 (21 year ago)25 February 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 data1408
Core clock speed325 MHz1530 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1785 MHz
Number of transistors80 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)37 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate1.300157.1
Floating-point processing powerno data5.027 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs488

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 3.0 x4
Lengthno data229 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 MB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-7.5

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.

FX 5600 12
CMP 30HX 8135
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2003 25 February 2021
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 37 Watt 125 Watt

FX 5600 has 237.8% lower power consumption.

CMP 30HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5600 and CMP 30HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5600 is a desktop card while CMP 30HX is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
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