NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 575 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm

Launch date	21 July 2008 vs 25 October 2006
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 53% higher memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 900 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz vs 900 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	454
PassMark - G2D Mark	56
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G92	RV570
Launch date	21 July 2008	25 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$160
Place in performance rating	1063	not rated
Price now	$103.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	575 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI