AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
VS
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
VS
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
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Value for money (0-100)
0.27
GCN 1.2/2.0
Architecture
Rankine
Carrizo
Code name
NV34 B1
Laptop
Type
Desktop
4 June 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
17 March 2004 (17 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$36.99
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Price now
$90 (2.4x MSRP)
Carrizo
GPU code name
NV34 B1
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
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Core clock speed
270 MHz
800 MHz
Boost Clock
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2410 Million
Transistor count
45 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
12-35 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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Texture fill rate
1.080
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
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800 MHz
Boost clock speed
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2410 Million
Number of transistors
45 million
12-35 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500.

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Interface
AGP 8x
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Length
152 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
DDR
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Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
332 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
5.312 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
DirectX
9.0a
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OpenGL
1.5 (2.1)

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)

4.22% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 150 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

There is no accountable advantage

So, AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) .

AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) versus NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500