ATI Radeon X850 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X850 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 PRO
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 84% higher core clock speed: 507 MHz vs 275 MHz
- 5.5x more texture fill rate: 6.08 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
- 2.1x more memory clock speed: 1040 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 73 vs 13
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 December 2004 vs 1 March 2003 |
Core clock speed | 507 MHz vs 275 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 6.08 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm vs 150 nm |
Maximum memory size | 256 MB vs 64 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1040 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 73 vs 13 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 157
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 159 vs 157 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon X850 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon X850 PRO | NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 73 | 13 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 157 | 159 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon X850 PRO | NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | R400 | Rankine |
Code name | R480 | NV34 A1 |
Launch date | 1 December 2004 | 1 March 2003 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $279 | |
Place in performance rating | 1064 | 1065 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 507 MHz | 275 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 6.08 GTexel / s | 1.1 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 160 million | 45 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
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 | 64 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 33.3 GB / s | 8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1040 MHz | 500 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |