ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum vs NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum and NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache 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 X850 XT Platinum

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum

Around 54% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 350 MHz
6.2x more texture fill rate: 8.64 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.64 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1180 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm

Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache

Name	ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache
PassMark - G3D Mark		37
PassMark - G2D Mark		146

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Curie
Code name	R480	NV44 A2
Launch date	21 December 2004	15 December 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	1116
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	8.64 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	67 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	75 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	37.8 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1180 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR