ATI Radeon X550 XTX vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 XTX 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 X550 XTX

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 XTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 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
Around 81% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 332 MHz
8.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 71 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 January 2007 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	600 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	71 vs 8

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

250x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 247 vs 240

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	247 vs 240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550 XTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

247

Name	ATI Radeon X550 XTX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	71	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	247

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X550 XTX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rankine
Code name	RV410	NV34 A1
Launch date	24 January 2007	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	713	710
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	120 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	9.0b	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	4.8 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR