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.

 

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
3
34
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 1234 1235
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