ATI Radeon 9250 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9250 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 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 9250

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
505.3x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 127 vs 126

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2004 vs 23 October 2003
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	127 vs 126

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Around 98% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 240 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
2.3x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 400 MHz
11.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	34 vs 3

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

126

Name	ATI Radeon 9250	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	3	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	127	126

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9250	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rankine
Code name	RV280	NV36 A1
Launch date	1 March 2004	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1237	1238
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	82 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		46 Watt
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	1x Molex
Length		229 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	3.2 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR2