NVIDIA GeForce3 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce3 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV20GPU NameNV36
KelvinArchitectureRankine
TSMCFoundryTSMC
150 nmProcess Size130 nm
57 millionTransistors82 million
128 mm²Die Size133 mm²

Graphics Card

Feb 27th, 2001Release DateOct 23rd, 2003
GeForce 3FamilyGeForce FX
(5700)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 2PredecessorGeForce 4 Ti
AGP 4xBus InterfaceAGP 8x

Memory

64 MBMemory Size128 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
7.360 GB/sBandwidth16.00 GB/s

Performance

800.0 MPixel/sPixel fillrate1.700 GPixel/s
50.00 MVertices/sVertex fillrate318.8 MVertices/s
1.600 GTexel/sTexture fillrate1.700 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

230 MHz
460 Mbps effective
Memory Clock250 MHz
500 Mbps effective
200 MHzGPU Clock425 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs4
4ROPs4
4Pixel Shaders4
1Vertex Shaders3

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)25 W
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
1x VGA
1x DB13W3
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

8.1DirectX9.0a
1.5OpenGL1.5 (2.1)
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
1.1Pixel Shader2.0a
1.1Vertex Shader2.0a