ATI Radeon HD 3200 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3200 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. 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 3200

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3200

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 227 vs 122
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 82 vs 17

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	227 vs 122
PassMark - G3D Mark	82 vs 17

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

122

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3200	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
PassMark - G2D Mark	227	122
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	17
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	386
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	386

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3200	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	Rankine
Code name	RS780M	NV31 A1
Launch date	4 June 2008	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1263	1266
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	40
Transistor count	181 Million	80 million
Texture fill rate		1.4 GTexel / s
API support
DirectX	10	9.0a
OpenGL		1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Shared memory	yes
Memory bandwidth		11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 8x
Length		191 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex