NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE 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

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2.5x more memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 275 MHz
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 40 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 May 2003 vs 16 February 2003
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 275 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	40 vs 7

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE

Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 187 vs 134

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	187 vs 134

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

134

187

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	40	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	134	187

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Kelvin
Code name	NV35	NV28 A2
Launch date	12 May 2003	16 February 2003
Place in performance rating	1229	976
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 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
Length		216 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.1
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	4.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	275 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR