NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 vs ATI Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and ATI Radeon 9700 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

ATI Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 154 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 March 2003 vs 1 July 2002
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	154 vs 152

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 540 MHz vs 400 MHz
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 44 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	540 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	44 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

154

152

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200	ATI Radeon 9700
PassMark - G3D Mark	8	44
PassMark - G2D Mark	154	152

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200	ATI Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 8
Code name	NV34 A2	R300
Launch date	6 March 2003	1 July 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$69.99
Place in performance rating	1083	1084
Price now	$69.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	2.2 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	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR