ATI Radeon HD 5470 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5470 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 5470

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5470

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 250 MHz
5.2x more texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
33.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 268 vs 8
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 154

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2012 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	268 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	298 vs 154

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

268

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

298

154

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5470	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PassMark - G3D Mark	268	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	298	154
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1771
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1771

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5470	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rankine
Code name	Cedar	NV34 A2
Launch date	13 February 2012	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1077	1080
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$69.99
Price now		$69.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	80
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR