Playstation 3 RSX: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started Playstation 3 RSX sales 11 November 2006. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Curie architecture and made with 65 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market.
Compatibility-wise, this is an integrated graphics card. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 81 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Playstation 3 RSX: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | |
| GPU code name | RSX-CXD2991 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 11 November 2006 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Playstation 3 RSX's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Playstation 3 RSX's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 300 million | of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | of 4 nm (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 81 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Playstation 3 RSX and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | IGP |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Playstation 3 RSX: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Playstation 3 RSX. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Playstation 3 RSX, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | N/A | |
| OpenGL | ES 1.1 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Playstation 3 RSX according to our statistics.
