ATI Radeon 9100 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9100 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 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 5600 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9100 PCI

Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Around 40% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9100 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Name	ATI Radeon 9100 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark		17
PassMark - G2D Mark		122

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9100 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rankine
Code name	R200	NV31 A1
Launch date	1 April 2003	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1268
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	60 million	80 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	1x Molex
Length		191 mm
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	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR