NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS vs ATI Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS and ATI Radeon 9000 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

ATI Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 250 MHz
26.4x more texture fill rate: 26.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 384 MB vs 64 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
82.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 330 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2008 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	384 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	330 vs 4

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 123 vs 121

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	123 vs 121

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

123

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	ATI Radeon 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	121	123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	ATI Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G92	RV250
Launch date	31 January 2008	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1250	1253
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR