NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 vs ATI Radeon 9600 SE

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 and ATI Radeon 9600 SE. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

GeForce FX 5600

GeForce FX 5600

Radeon 9600 SE

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV31	GPU Name	RV350
5600	Model number	RV350 SE
Rankine	Architecture	Rage 8
TSMC	Foundry	TSMC
130 nm	Process Size	130 nm
80 million	Transistors	60 million
121 mm²	Die Size	76 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 6th, 2003	Release Date	Oct 1st, 2003
GeForce FX (5600)	Family	Radeon R300 (9600)
End-of-life	Production	End-of-life
GeForce 4 Ti	Predecessor	Radeon R200
AGP 8x	Bus Interface	AGP 8x

Memory

128 MB	Memory Size	64 MB
DDR	Memory Type	DDR
128 bit	Memory Bus	64 bit
8.000 GB/s	Bandwidth	3.200 GB/s

Performance

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

Clock Speeds

250 MHz 500 Mbps effective	Memory Clock	200 MHz 400 Mbps effective
325 MHz	GPU Clock	325 MHz

Render Config

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

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	1x DVI 1x VGA 1x S-Video
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