NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE and ATI Radeon 9800 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 VE
- Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 161 vs 160
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 September 2004 vs 1 October 2003 |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm vs 150 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 161 vs 160 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT
- Around 65% higher core clock speed: 412 MHz vs 250 MHz
- Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 3.3 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
- 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
- Around 83% higher memory clock speed: 730 MHz vs 400 MHz
- Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 57 vs 33
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 412 MHz vs 250 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 3.3 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s |
Maximum memory size | 256 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 730 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 57 vs 33 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE | ATI Radeon 9800 XT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 33 | 57 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 161 | 160 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE | ATI Radeon 9800 XT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rankine | Rage 9 |
Code name | NV36 A1 | R360 |
Launch date | 1 September 2004 | 1 October 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 1053 | 1055 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 412 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1.7 GTexel / s | 3.3 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 82 million | 117 million |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0a | 9.0 |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 8.8 GB / s | 23.36 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 730 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | DDR |