ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 332 MHz
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 45 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	950 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	45 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	248 vs 247

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

156.9x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

248

247

Name	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	45	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	248	247

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rankine
Code name	M56	NV34 A1
Launch date	1 February 2006	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	699	700
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	425 MHz
Core clock speed	425 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.2 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	475 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	950 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	128	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0