ATI Radeon X800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 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 XT

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 475 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 54 Watt vs 74 Watt
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 98 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2004 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	54 Watt vs 74 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	98 vs 59

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 271

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	274 vs 271

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

271

274

Name	ATI Radeon X800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	98	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	271	274

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rankine
Code name	R423	NV38 A1
Launch date	1 December 2004	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	653	637
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	54 Watt	74 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	135 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	1x Molex
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR