NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 vs ATI Radeon 9500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 and ATI Radeon 9500 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

ATI Radeon 9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 1.7 GTexel / s vs 1.1 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
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 41 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2003 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	41 vs 36

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9500

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 540 MHz vs 500 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 25 Watt
Memory clock speed	540 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700	ATI Radeon 9500
PassMark - G3D Mark	41	36
PassMark - G2D Mark	173	173

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700	ATI Radeon 9500
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 8
Code name	NV36 A1	R300
Launch date	23 October 2003	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	989	990
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	82 million	110 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
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR