NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 and ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP 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 5500

ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 230 MHz vs 166 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 140 nm vs 180 nm
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8 vs 6
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 151

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2004 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	230 MHz vs 166 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm vs 180 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8 vs 6
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 151

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

151

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	8	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	151

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 6
Code name	NV34 B1	RS250
Launch date	17 March 2004	1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$36.99
Place in performance rating	1095	1097
Price now	$36.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	230 MHz	166 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Length	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	7.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz
Memory type	DDR
Shared memory		yes