ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 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 3870 X2

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 325 MHz
164x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 650 MHz
48.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 587 vs 12

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 January 2008 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	587 vs 12

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 138 vs 117

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	138 vs 117

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

587

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

117

138

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	587	12
PassMark - G2D Mark	117	138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rankine
Code name	R680	NV34 A2
Launch date	26 January 2008	6 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$149
Place in performance rating	1211	1214
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	2x 320
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm	171 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 57.7 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR