ATI FireGL V3100 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL V3100 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI FireGL V3100

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3100

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2004 vs 23 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	275 vs 274

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 391 MHz
Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 1.9 GTexel / s vs 1.564 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 392 MHz
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 391 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.9 GTexel / s vs 1.564 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	950 MHz vs 392 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	59 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL V3100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

275

274

Name	ATI FireGL V3100	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	53	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	275	274

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL V3100	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rankine
Code name	RV370	NV38 A1
Launch date	1 September 2004	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	607	609
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	391 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.564 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	135 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		74 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.136 GB / s	30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	392 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR