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
GPU 1
GPU 2
36
6
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
173
173
Name ATI Radeon 9500 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
PassMark - G3D Mark 36 6
PassMark - G2D Mark 173 173

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon 9500 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 216 mm

API support

DirectX 9.0 8.1
OpenGL 2.0 1.3

Memory

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