NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

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Graphics Processor

GPU model NV34 NV34B
Architecture Rankine Rankine
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 150 nm 150 nm
Number of transistors 45 million 45 million
Die size 124 mm² 91 mm²
GPU variant FX 5500

Graphics Card

Release date Mar 6th, 2003 Mar 17th, 2004
Generation GeForce FX GeForce FX
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Predecessor GeForce 4 Ti GeForce 4 Ti
Successor GeForce 6 AGP GeForce 6 AGP

Clocks

GPU clock 200 MHz 270 MHz
Memory clock 166 MHz 332 Mbps effective 166 MHz 332 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 64 MB 64 MB
Memory type DDR DDR
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 bit
Bandwidth 2.656 GB/s 5.312 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 4 4
Vertex shaders 2 2
TMUs 4 4
ROPs 4 4

Performance

Pixel rate 800.0 MPixel/s 1.080 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 100.0 MVertices/s 135.0 MVertices/s
Texture rate 800.0 MTexel/s 1.080 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Single-slot
TDP unknown unknown
Suggested PSU 200 W 200 W
Outputs 1x VGA1x S-Video 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video
Power connectors None None
Length 152 mm 6 inches

API Support & Features

DirectX 9.0a 9.0a
OpenGL 1.5 1.5
OpenCL
Vulkan
Pixel shader 2.0a 2.0a
Vertex shader 2.0a 2.0a

Other Features

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