ATI FireGL V5200 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX Go700

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL V5200 and NVIDIA Quadro FX Go700 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 V5200

NVIDIA Quadro FX Go700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 295 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.18 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 590 MHz

Launch date	1 October 2005 vs 25 June 2003
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 295 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.18 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 590 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL V5200
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX Go700

Name	ATI FireGL V5200	NVIDIA Quadro FX Go700
PassMark - G3D Mark	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	348

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL V5200	NVIDIA Quadro FX Go700
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rankine
Code name	RV530	NV31 A1
Launch date	1 October 2005	25 June 2003
Place in performance rating	491	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	295 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	1.18 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	9.44 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	590 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR