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).

ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

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

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	1188	1191
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