NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 vs ATI FireGL 9500 Z1-128

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 and ATI FireGL 9500 Z1-128. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

GeForce FX 5600

GeForce FX 5600

FireGL 9500 Z1-128

FireGL 9500 Z1-128

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV31	GPU Name	R300
5600	Model number	R300 GL
Rankine	Architecture	Rage 8
TSMC	Foundry	TSMC
130 nm	Process Size	150 nm
80 million	Transistors	110 million
121 mm²	Die Size	215 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 6th, 2003	Release Date	Oct 1st, 2002
GeForce FX (5600)	Family	FireGL (9000)
End-of-life	Production	End-of-life
AGP 8x	Bus Interface	AGP 8x

Memory

128 MB	Memory Size	128 MB
DDR	Memory Type	DDR
128 bit	Memory Bus	256 bit
8.000 GB/s	Bandwidth	19.84 GB/s

Performance

1.300 GPixel/s	Pixel fillrate	1.300 GPixel/s
162.5 MVertices/s	Vertex fillrate	325.0 MVertices/s
1.300 GTexel/s	Texture fillrate	1.300 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

250 MHz 500 Mbps effective	Memory Clock	310 MHz 620 Mbps effective
325 MHz	GPU Clock	325 MHz

Render Config

4	TMUs	4
4	ROPs	4
4	Pixel Shaders	4
2	Vertex Shaders	4

Board Design

Single-slot	Slot Width	Single-slot
37 W	Thermal design power (TDP)	unknown
200 W	Suggested PSU	200 W
1x DVI 1x VGA 1x S-Video	Display Connectors	2x DVI
None	Power Connectors	None

API support

9.0a	DirectX	9.0 (9_0)
2.0	OpenGL	2.0
N/A	OpenCL	N/A
N/A	Vulkan	N/A
2.0a	Pixel Shader	2.0
2.0a	Vertex Shader	2.0