ATI FireGL X1-256 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL X1-256 and NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI FireGL X1-256

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X1-256

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 550 MHz
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2002 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	59 vs 7

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 170 vs 167

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	170 vs 167

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL X1-256
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

167

170

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI FireGL X1-256	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
PassMark - G2D Mark	167	170
PassMark - G3D Mark	59	7

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL X1-256	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Kelvin
Code name	R300	NV25 A2
Launch date	1 July 2002	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1015	1016
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	37 Watt
Transistor count	110 million	63 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		216 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.84 GB / s	4.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	620 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR