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.
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 | ATI Radeon 9500 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 41 | 36 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 173 | 173 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 | ATI Radeon 9500 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rankine | Rage 8 |
Code name | NV36 A1 | R300 |
Launch date | 23 October 2003 | 1 March 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 993 | 994 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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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 | None |
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 | 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 |