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.

ATI Radeon X1050

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

245

247

Name	ATI Radeon X1050	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	49	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	245	247

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1050	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rankine
Code name	RV370	NV34 A1
Launch date	7 December 2006	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	700	701
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
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