ATI Radeon X800 SE AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 SE AGP and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE 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 SE AGP

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 SE AGP

Around 80% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 3.6 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 SE AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Name	ATI Radeon X800 SE AGP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
PassMark - G3D Mark		33
PassMark - G2D Mark		161

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 SE AGP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rankine
Code name	R420	NV36 A1
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	1055
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 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	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR