ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 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 Go5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 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
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 960 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 135 vs 51
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 287 vs 171

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 January 2007 vs 1 February 2005
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	960 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	135 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	287 vs 171

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700

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 Go5700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

287

171

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700
PassMark - G3D Mark	135	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	287	171
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1398

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rankine
Code name	M68	NV36 A1
Launch date	11 January 2007	1 February 2005
Place in performance rating	1022	1023
Type	Laptop	Desktop
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	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	30.72 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	470 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	960 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0