ATI Radeon X800 PRO vs NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 PRO and NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL 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 X800 PRO

NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 5.7 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 650 MHz
13x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 65 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2004 vs 19 February 2002
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.7 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	65 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 190

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	194 vs 190

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

190

194

Name	ATI Radeon X800 PRO	NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	65	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	190	194

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 PRO	NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Kelvin
Code name	R423	NV25 A2
Launch date	1 May 2004	19 February 2002
Place in performance rating	945	948
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	5.7 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	63 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR