ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 70% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 235 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
- 2.5x more memory clock speed: 980 MHz vs 400 MHz
- 12.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 115 vs 9
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 October 2005 vs 17 March 2003 |
Core clock speed | 400 MHz vs 235 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm vs 130 nm |
Maximum memory size | 256 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 980 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 115 vs 9 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
- 195.8x more texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
- Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 166 vs 162
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 940 MTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 166 vs 162 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 162 | 166 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 115 | 9 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | R400 | Rankine |
Code name | R430 | NV31 A1 |
Launch date | 1 October 2005 | 17 March 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 1037 | 1039 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 235 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 130 nm |
Texture fill rate | 4.8 GTexel / s | 940 MTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 49 Watt | |
Transistor count | 160 million | 80 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0b | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 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 |