NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
460x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 147

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2004 vs 1 October 2003
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 147

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

2.2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 230 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 200 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 35 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	35 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

147

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	8	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	147

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 9
Code name	NV34 B1	RV360
Launch date	17 March 2004	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$36.99
Place in performance rating	1132	1149
Price now	$36.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	230 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	76 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		22 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	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR