ATI Radeon X700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X700 XT and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon X700 XT

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 XT

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 425 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 3.8 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
2.6x more memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.8 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rankine
Code name	RV410	NV36 A1
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	3.8 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt
Transistor count	120 million	82 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	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	16.8 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR