NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
VS
AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
VS
AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2. 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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0.11
Value for money (0-100)
0.01
Celsius
Architecture
GCN 2.0
NV18 C1
Code name
Grenada
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 March 2003 (18 years ago)
Release date
3 September 2015 (6 years ago)
$69.99
Launch price (MSRP)
$1,399
$107 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$225 (0.2x MSRP)
NV18 C1
GPU code name
Grenada
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
2560
250 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
29 million
Transistor count
6,200 million
150 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
580 Watt
1.000
Texture fill rate
160.0
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Floating-point performance
2x 5,120 gflops
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
29 million
Number of transistors
6,200 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
580 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2.

AGP 8x
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
4x 8-pin

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 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 can be seen in this section.

DDR
Memory type
GDDR5
128 MB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
400 MHz
Memory clock speed
5400 MHz
6.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
345.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

8.0
DirectX
12 (12_0)
1.3
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 or AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
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 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Cheaper ($107 (1.5x MSRP) vs $225 (0.2x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (128 MB vs 8 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 150 nm)

More memory bandwidth (345.6 GB/s vs 6.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 or AMD Radeon R9 390 X2?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 .

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 versus AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
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