NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV31 | NV17 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | 5600 | NV17GLM A4 |
| Architecture | Rankine | Celsius |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 130 nm | 150 nm |
| Number of transistors | 80 million | 29 million |
| Die size | 121 mm² | 65 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 6th, 2003 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce FX | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | AGP 8x | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 4 Ti | — |
| Successor | GeForce 6 AGP | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 325 MHz | 220 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective | 220 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 64 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | SDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 8.000 GB/s | 3.520 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 2 | 0 |
| TMUs | 4 | 4 |
| ROPs | 4 | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.300 GPixel/s | 440.0 MPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 162.5 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 1.300 GTexel/s | 880.0 MTexel/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 37 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0a | 7.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0a | 1.1 |
| Vertex shader | 2.0a | 1.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Apr 23rd, 2002 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Quadro4 Go |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | AGP 4x |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | Quadro2 Go |
| Successor | — | Quadro FX Go |
