NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP vs ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP and ATI Radeon 9800 SE 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP

ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
694.9x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s

Launch date	14 December 2003 vs 1 March 2003
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 331 MHz vs 230 MHz
4.4x more memory clock speed: 580 MHz vs 132 MHz

Core clock speed	331 MHz vs 230 MHz
Memory clock speed	580 MHz vs 132 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark		24
PassMark - G2D Mark		131

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Rage 8
Code name	NV18 C1	R350
Launch date	14 December 2003	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1246
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	230 MHz	331 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s	1.324 GTexel / s
Transistor count	29 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
API support
DirectX	8.0	9.0
OpenGL	1.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	1.056 GB / s	9.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	132 MHz	580 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR