ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 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 5900 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.7x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 960 MHz vs 850 MHz
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 135 vs 41
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 287 vs 170

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 January 2007 vs 23 October 2003
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	960 MHz vs 850 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	135 vs 41
PassMark - G2D Mark	287 vs 170

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

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 5900 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	135	41
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 5900 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rankine
Code name	M68	NV35
Launch date	11 January 2007	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1008	1010
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	36
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	384 million	135 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		59 Watt
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
Length		218 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	30.72 GB / s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	470 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	960 MHz	850 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0