ATI Radeon HD 2400 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2400 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 2400

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2400

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 398 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 990 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 121 vs 33
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 161

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 February 2008 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	398 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	990 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	121 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	298 vs 161

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 1.7 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

298

161

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2400	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	298	161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	635

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2400	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rankine
Code name	RV610	NV36 A1
Launch date	19 February 2008	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	1050	1053
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	398 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	1.592 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	180 million	82 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	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	7.92 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	990 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR