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).
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | R500 | Rankine |
Code name | M68 | NV35 |
Launch date | 11 January 2007 | 23 October 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 1009 | 1011 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Laptop size | large | |
Length | 218 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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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 |
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Powerplay 6.0 |