NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 vs ATI Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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 5500

ATI Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
418.2x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 140 nm vs 150 nm

Launch date	17 March 2004 vs 1 July 2002
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm vs 150 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 230 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 540 MHz vs 200 MHz
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 44 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 230 MHz
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	540 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	44 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	ATI Radeon 9700
PassMark - G3D Mark	8	44
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	152

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	ATI Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 8
Code name	NV34 B1	R300
Launch date	17 March 2004	1 July 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$36.99
Place in performance rating	1089	1090
Price now	$36.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	230 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / 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
Length	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
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	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR