ATI Radeon 9500 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9500 and NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 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 9500
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 36 vs 6
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 March 2003 vs 6 February 2002 |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 36 vs 6 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
- Around 9% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 275 MHz
- 2.2x more texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
- 2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
- Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 648 MHz vs 540 MHz
Core clock speed | 300 MHz vs 275 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s |
Maximum memory size | 128 MB vs 64 MB |
Memory clock speed | 648 MHz vs 540 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon 9500 | NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 36 | 6 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 173 | 173 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon 9500 | NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rage 8 | Kelvin |
Code name | R300 | NV25 A3 |
Launch date | 1 March 2003 | 6 February 2002 |
Place in performance rating | 996 | 998 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 275 MHz | 300 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1.1 GTexel / s | 2.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 12 Watt | |
Transistor count | 110 million | 63 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 | AGP 8x | AGP 4x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
Length | 216 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0 | 8.1 |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 17.28 GB / s | 5.18 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 540 MHz | 648 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | SDR |