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.

 

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

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