GeForce FX 5600 vs GTS 450

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking723not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.57no data
Power efficiency2.33no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGF106NV31
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 September 2010 (14 years ago)6 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 no data

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 cores192no data
Core clock speed783 MHz325 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million80 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt37 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate25.061.300
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs324

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1804 (3608 data rate) MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.7 GB/s8 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 ConnectorsMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0a
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.21.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

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.

GTS 450 1323
+10925%
FX 5600 12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2010 6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 37 Watt

GTS 450 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

FX 5600, on the other hand, has 186.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 and GeForce FX 5600. We've got no test results to judge.


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