NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra vs ATI Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra and ATI Radeon 9000 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 5600 Ultra

ATI Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 1.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2003 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17 vs 4

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 123 vs 122

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	123 vs 122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

123

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra	ATI Radeon 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	17	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	122	123

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra	ATI Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 7
Code name	NV31 A1	RV250
Launch date	17 March 2003	1 July 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1262	1263
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	80 million	36 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		28 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 4x
Length	191 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.1
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR