NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 vs ATI Radeon X300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 and ATI Radeon X300 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

ATI Radeon X300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 375 MHz
51.2x more texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 1.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 64 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz
15x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 613 vs 41
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 209

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2008 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	613 vs 41
PassMark - G2D Mark	262 vs 209

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300

5.5x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 197 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 197 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

613

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

209

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	ATI Radeon X300
PassMark - G3D Mark	613	41
PassMark - G2D Mark	262	209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	ATI Radeon X300
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 9
Code name	G92	RV370
Launch date	18 March 2008	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	887	884
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	375 MHz
CUDA cores	256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	2x 128
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec	1.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	197 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	128 (64 per GPU)	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI