NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE vs ATI Radeon 9100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE and ATI Radeon 9100 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 VE

ATI Radeon 9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
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
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 33 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2004 vs 1 April 2003
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	33 vs 6

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9100

Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 163 vs 161

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	163 vs 161

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

161

163

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE	ATI Radeon 9100
PassMark - G3D Mark	33	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	161	163

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE	ATI Radeon 9100
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 7
Code name	NV36 A1	R200
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 April 2003
Place in performance rating	1055	1057
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	82 million	60 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		28 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	8.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR