NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 vs ATI Radeon X300 SE

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 and ATI Radeon X300 SE. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV31GPU NameRV370
5600Model numberRV370 SE
(215RETAKA23FG)
RankineArchitectureRage 9
TSMCFoundryTSMC
130 nmProcess Size110 nm
80 millionTransistors107 million
121 mm²Die Size74 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 6th, 2003Release DateSep 1st, 2004
GeForce FX
(5600)
FamilyRadeon R300
(X300)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 4 TiPredecessorRadeon R200
AGP 8xBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

128 MBMemory Size64 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR
128 bitMemory Bus64 bit
8.000 GB/sBandwidth3.200 GB/s

Performance

1.300 GPixel/sPixel fillrate1.300 GPixel/s
162.5 MVertices/sVertex fillrate162.5 MVertices/s
1.300 GTexel/sTexture fillrate1.300 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

250 MHz
500 Mbps effective
Memory Clock200 MHz
400 Mbps effective
325 MHzGPU Clock325 MHz

Render Config

4TMUs4
4ROPs4
4Pixel Shaders4
2Vertex Shaders2

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
37 WThermal design power (TDP)30 W
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

9.0aDirectX9.0
2.0OpenGL2.0
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
2.0aPixel Shader2.0
2.0aVertex Shader2.0