ATI FireMV 2200 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Comparative analysis of ATI FireMV 2200 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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 FireMV 2200 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 240 MHz vs 230 MHz
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 920 MTexel / s
2x more memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2006 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	240 MHz vs 230 MHz
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 920 MTexel / s
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	153 vs 152

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 140 nm vs 150 nm
8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8 vs 1

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireMV 2200 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

152

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	152
PassMark - G3D Mark	1	8

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rankine
Code name	RV280	NV34 B1
Launch date	1 January 2006	17 March 2004
Place in performance rating	1088	1089
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$36.99
Price now		$36.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	140 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	920 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	36 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Length	170 mm	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0a
OpenGL	1.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	200 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR