ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 270 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.08 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 140 nm
2.5x more memory clock speed: 980 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	1 October 2005 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 270 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.08 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 140 nm
Memory clock speed	980 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI

Name	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI
PassMark - G2D Mark	162
PassMark - G3D Mark	115

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rankine
Code name	R430	NV34 B1
Launch date	1 October 2005	17 March 2004
Place in performance rating	1067	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	270 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	140 nm
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	45 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	AGP 8x	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
Length		165 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	31.36 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	980 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR