ATI Radeon 9100 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9100 PCI 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon 9100 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9100 PCI

2x more texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 332 MHz

Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 332 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9100 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Name	ATI Radeon 9100 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark		7
PassMark - G2D Mark		170

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9100 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rankine
Code name	R200	NV34 A2
Launch date	1 April 2003	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1011
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	60 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0a
OpenGL	1.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR