ATI Radeon 9250 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9250 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250 PCI
- 960x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate | 960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE
- Around 4% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 240 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Core clock speed | 250 MHz vs 240 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm vs 150 nm |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9250 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE
Name | ATI Radeon 9250 PCI | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 25 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 147 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon 9250 PCI | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rage 7 | Rankine |
Code name | RV280 | NV36 A1 |
Launch date | 1 March 2004 | 1 March 2004 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 1117 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 240 MHz | 250 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 130 nm |
Texture fill rate | 960 MTexel / s | 1 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 36 million | 82 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCI | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 8.1 | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 1.4 | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 3.2 GB / s | 3.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 400 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | DDR |