ATI Radeon X600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 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 X600 XT

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 740 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 92 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2004 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	740 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	92 vs 34

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

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GPU 2

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Name	ATI Radeon X600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
PassMark - G3D Mark	92	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	258	258

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rankine
Code name	RV380	NV35
Launch date	1 September 2004	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	696	698
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	75 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
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	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.84 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	740 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR