NVIDIA GeForce 9100 vs ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9100 and ATI Radeon X1950 GT 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 9100

ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9100

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 57 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 345 vs 279

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 29 January 2007
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 57 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	345 vs 279

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 106 vs 82
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2517 vs 795
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2517 vs 795

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	106 vs 82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2517 vs 795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2517 vs 795

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

345

279

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

795

2517

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

795

2517

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9100	ATI Radeon X1950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	106
PassMark - G2D Mark	345	279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	795	2517
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	795	2517

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9100	ATI Radeon X1950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	C78	RV570
Launch date	17 April 2007	29 January 2007
Place in performance rating	929	930
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$140
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	57 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	330 million
Texture fill rate		6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3