ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 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 XT Platinum

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 425 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 81 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2004 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1120 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	81 vs 41

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 63 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 170

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 63 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	173 vs 170

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

173

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
PassMark - G2D Mark	170	173
PassMark - G3D Mark	81	41

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rankine
Code name	R423	NV36 A1
Launch date	1 March 2004	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	991	993
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	63 Watt	25 Watt
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	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.8 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1120 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR