ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 31% higher core clock speed: 525 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 2.1 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 134
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 77 vs 40
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 January 2007 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed 525 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 2.1 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 262 vs 134
PassMark - G3D Mark 77 vs 40

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
262
134
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
77
40
Name ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 262 134
PassMark - G3D Mark 77 40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 136
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 136

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Rankine
Code name RV610 NV35
Launch date 1 January 2007 12 May 2003
Place in performance rating 1189 1192
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 525 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 42 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 130 nm
Pipelines 40
Texture fill rate 2.1 GTexel / s 1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 180 million 135 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors None 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0a
OpenGL 3.3 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type DDR2 DDR