NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT vs ATI Radeon 9200 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT and ATI Radeon 9200 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 63% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 200 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
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 332 MHz
  • 11x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 33 vs 3
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 May 2003 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed 325 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size 128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed 700 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 33 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 SE

  • 615.4x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate 800 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
33
3
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
129
129
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT ATI Radeon 9200 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark 33 3
PassMark - G2D Mark 129 129

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT ATI Radeon 9200 SE

Essentials

Architecture Rankine Rage 7
Code name NV35 RV280
Launch date 12 May 2003 1 March 2003
Place in performance rating 1220 1221
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 325 MHz 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 1.3 GTexel / s 800 MTexel / s
Transistor count 135 million 36 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 28 Watt

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 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 22.4 GB / s 2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 700 MHz 332 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR