ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 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 Mobility Radeon 9200

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
250x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s

Launch date	1 March 2003 vs 21 January 2003
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

2x more core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 460 MHz
6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18 vs 3
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 146 vs 145

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	18 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	146 vs 145

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

146

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon 9200	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark	3	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	145	146

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon 9200	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rankine
Code name	M9+	NV30
Launch date	1 March 2003	21 January 2003
Place in performance rating	1163	1164
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	250 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	4
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	125 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0a
OpenGL	1.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.72 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	200 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	460 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	128	DDR2
Shared memory	0