ATI Radeon 9250 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9250 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 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 9250

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
960x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Launch date	1 March 2004 vs 6 March 2003
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 240 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8 vs 3
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 154 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 240 MHz
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	154 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

154

Name	ATI Radeon 9250	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PassMark - G3D Mark	3	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	127	154

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9250	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rankine
Code name	RV280	NV34 A2
Launch date	1 March 2004	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1279	1119
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$69.99
Price now		$69.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	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	3.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR