NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT vs ATI Radeon 9200 PRO

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 239 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2.1x more memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 328 MHz
13.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 40 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 239 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 328 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	40 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 PRO

597.5x more texture fill rate: 956 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 134

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	956 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
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 PRO

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 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	40	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	134	135

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT	ATI Radeon 9200 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 7
Code name	NV35	RV280
Launch date	12 May 2003	1 May 2003
Place in performance rating	1193	1195
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	239 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	956 MTexel / 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	5.25 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	328 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR