Radeon RX Vega Nano vs GeForce FX 5600

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1483	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.06	no data
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	NV31	Vega 10
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	6 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 cores	no data	4096
Core clock speed	325 MHz	1200 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1546 MHz
Number of transistors	80 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.300	395.8
ROPs	4	64
TMUs	4	256

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	AGP 8x	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	152 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 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 type	DDR	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	250 MHz	1600 MBps
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	409.6 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 VGA, 1x S-Video	1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0a	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	130 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	175 Watt

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