NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Launch date 1 March 2004 vs 1 October 2003

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

  • 2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 35 vs 25
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate 2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 35 vs 25

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25
35
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
147
147
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 25 35
PassMark - G2D Mark 147 147

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Essentials

Architecture Rankine Rage 9
Code name NV36 A1 RV360
Launch date 1 March 2004 1 October 2003
Place in performance rating 1117 1118
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 250 MHz 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 1 GTexel / s 2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 82 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
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0a 9.0
OpenGL 1.5 (2.1) 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 3.2 GB / s 9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz 600 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR