NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT vs ATI Radeon 9200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT and ATI Radeon 9200 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 5900 XT

  • Around 60% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 10x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 40 vs 4
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed 700 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 40 vs 4

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200

  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 134
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 28 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 135 vs 134

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
40
4
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
134
135
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT ATI Radeon 9200
PassMark - G3D Mark 40 4
PassMark - G2D Mark 134 135

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT ATI Radeon 9200

Essentials

Architecture Rankine Rage 7
Code name NV35 RV280
Launch date 12 May 2003 1 May 2003
Place in performance rating 1192 1193
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 1.6 GTexel / s 1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 28 Watt
Transistor count 135 million 36 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 1x Molex None

API support

DirectX 9.0a 8.1
OpenGL 1.5 (2.1) 1.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 22.4 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 700 MHz 400 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR