NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE vs ATI FireGL X1-256

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE and ATI FireGL X1-256 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 FX 5200 LE

ATI FireGL X1-256

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 170 vs 167

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2003 vs 1 July 2002
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	170 vs 167

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X1-256

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 87% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 332 MHz
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	59 vs 7

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE
GPU 2: ATI FireGL X1-256

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

167

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE	ATI FireGL X1-256
PassMark - G3D Mark	7	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	170	167

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE	ATI FireGL X1-256
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 8
Code name	NV34 A2	R300
Launch date	17 March 2003	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1013	1015
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	110 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		37 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR