ATI Radeon X1050 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1050 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1050
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- 2x more core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 200 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
- 2x more memory clock speed: 666 MHz vs 332 MHz
- 6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 49 vs 8
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 7 December 2006 vs 6 March 2003 |
Core clock speed | 400 MHz vs 200 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm vs 150 nm |
Maximum memory size | 128 MB vs 64 MB |
Memory clock speed | 666 MHz vs 332 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 49 vs 8 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
- 500x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 247 vs 245
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 800 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 247 vs 245 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1050
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon X1050 | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 49 | 8 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 245 | 247 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon X1050 | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rage 9 | Rankine |
Code name | RV370 | NV34 A1 |
Launch date | 7 December 2006 | 6 March 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 708 | 710 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 200 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1.6 GTexel / s | 800 MTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 24 Watt | |
Transistor count | 107 million | 45 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0 | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 64 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 5.33 GB / s | 2.656 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 666 MHz | 332 MHz |
Memory type | DDR2 | DDR |