NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 vs ATI Radeon 9600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 and ATI Radeon 9600 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 9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
709.9x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 150

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2004 vs 1 October 2003
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 150

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600

Around 41% higher core clock speed: 324 MHz vs 230 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 378 MHz vs 200 MHz
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	324 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 140 nm
Memory clock speed	378 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

150

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	ATI Radeon 9600
PassMark - G3D Mark	8	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	150

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	ATI Radeon 9600
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 8
Code name	NV34 B1	RV350
Launch date	17 March 2004	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$36.99
Place in performance rating	1094	1095
Price now	$36.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	230 MHz	324 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s	1.296 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	76 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		12 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
Length	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	6.05 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	378 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR