ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 XT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 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 9600 XT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 35 vs 18
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 147 vs 146

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2003 vs 21 January 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	35 vs 18
PassMark - G2D Mark	147 vs 146

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz

Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

147

146

Name	ATI Radeon 9600 XT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark	35	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	147	146

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9600 XT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rankine
Code name	RV360	NV30
Launch date	1 October 2003	21 January 2003
Place in performance rating	1118	1119
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt
Transistor count	76 million	125 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR2