ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 250 MHz
4.8x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 960 MHz vs 332 MHz
19.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 135 vs 7
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 287 vs 170

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 January 2007 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	960 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	135 vs 7
PassMark - G2D Mark	287 vs 170

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

287

170

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	135	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	287	170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1398

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rankine
Code name	M68	NV34 A2
Launch date	11 January 2007	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1009	1012
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	36
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	384 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	30.72 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	470 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	960 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0