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NVIDIA GeForce 605

The NVIDIA GeForce 605 is a graphics card released on April 3, 2012 using a 40 nm process. It has 48 shading units, 14.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 523 MHz and a 25 W board power rating. It scores 331 in the PassMark G3D benchmark.

GF11940 nm

7/10 key specs recorded · 20 facts

Depth: 25 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

48cores

Memory

n/a

DDR3 · 64-bit

Boost clock

n/a

523 MHz base

Board power

25 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 605 scores 331 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 29.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,057), measured across 168 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 168.

PassMark G3D Mark

331

Rank #2,057
Faster than 29.9% of 2,658 GPUs
168 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 8 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 14.2% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 11.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 1.2% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 0% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 130 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 3.7% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 605 averages DirectX 9 8 fps, DirectX 10 2 fps, DirectX 11 2 fps, DirectX 12 1 fps and GPU Compute 130 ops/s, across 168 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2012-06-23

Samples 168

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename GF119

Chip Not recorded

Process node 40 nm

Transistors 292 M

Die size 79 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce 605 uses the GF119 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 40 nm process, contains 292 million transistors and has a die size of 79 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 48

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 8

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 605 has 48 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce 605 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 605. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 605.

Clock speeds

Base clock 523 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 605 runs at a base clock of 523 MHz.

Memory

Size Not recorded

Type DDR3

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 14.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce 605 uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 14.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce 605 has a board power rating of 25 W.

Board power (TDP) 25 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface Not recorded

Market

Launched April 3, 2012

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce 600 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce 605 was released on April 3, 2012.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 331

PassMark G2D 168

Rank #2,057

Samples 168

Frequently asked questions

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 605 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce 605 has a board power rating of 25 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 605?

The NVIDIA GeForce 605 scores 331 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 29.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,057. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 1 fps.