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.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

ATI Radeon 9200

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

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	1193	1194
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