NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 vs ATI Radeon 9250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 and ATI Radeon 9250 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 Radeon 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 140 nm vs 150 nm
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8 vs 3
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 127

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 240 MHz vs 230 MHz
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 920 MTexel / s
2x more memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 200 MHz

Core clock speed	240 MHz vs 230 MHz
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 920 MTexel / s
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

127

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	ATI Radeon 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark	8	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	ATI Radeon 9250
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 7
Code name	NV34 B1	RV280
Launch date	17 March 2004	1 March 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$36.99
Place in performance rating	1132	1279
Price now	$36.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	230 MHz	240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	36 million
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
Length	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.1
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR