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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT | ATI Radeon 9200 SE |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 33 | 3 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 129 | 129 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT | ATI Radeon 9200 SE | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0a | 8.1 |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 1.4 |
Memory |
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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 |