NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT vs ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT and ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV 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 ZT

ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 230 MHz
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 84% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 380 MHz
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 33 vs 6
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 129 vs 128

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 May 2003 vs 30 August 2001
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 380 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	33 vs 6
PassMark - G2D Mark	129 vs 128

Reasons to consider the ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV

Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 1.84 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	1.84 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
GPU 2: ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

129

128

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT	ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV
PassMark - G3D Mark	33	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	129	128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT	ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 7
Code name	NV35	R200
Launch date	12 May 2003	30 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1263	1266
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	1.84 GTexel / s
Transistor count	135 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
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	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	6.08 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	380 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR