ATI Radeon X1600 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 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.

ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 475 MHz
Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 74 Watt
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 99 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 74 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	99 vs 59

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 780 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	950 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	274 vs 273

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

274

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	99	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	273	274

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rankine
Code name	RV530	NV38 A1
Launch date	1 October 2007	23 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$499
Place in performance rating	606	609
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	74 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.48 GB / s	30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR