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.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

ATI Radeon 9800 XT

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

161

160

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	33	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	161	160

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 9
Code name	NV36 A1	R360
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1055	1056
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
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	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
Memory
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