NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra vs ATI Radeon 9200 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra and ATI Radeon 9200 LE 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 5700 Ultra

ATI Radeon 9200 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 90% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 1.9 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
2.3x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 400 MHz
11.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2003 vs 1 May 2003
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.9 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	900 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	34 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 LE

Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 46 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 126

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 46 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	128 vs 126

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

128

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra	ATI Radeon 9200 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	34	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	126	128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra	ATI Radeon 9200 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 7
Code name	NV36 A1	RV280
Launch date	23 October 2003	1 May 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1238	1240
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.9 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	46 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	82 million	36 million
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	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.1
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	DDR