ATI Radeon 9800 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9800 and NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon 9800

NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
11.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 58 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2003 vs 19 February 2002
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	58 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 650 MHz vs 580 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 191

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	650 MHz vs 580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	194 vs 191

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

191

194

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon 9800	NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
PassMark - G2D Mark	191	194
PassMark - G3D Mark	58	5

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9800	NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Kelvin
Code name	R350	NV25 A2
Launch date	1 March 2003	19 February 2002
Place in performance rating	915	916
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	37 Watt
Transistor count	117 million	63 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 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	18.56 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	580 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR