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.

 

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
58
5
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 912 913
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