NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT vs ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT and ATI Radeon 9800 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 ZT

ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 580 MHz
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 33 vs 24

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 May 2003 vs 1 March 2003
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	33 vs 24

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 331 MHz vs 325 MHz
Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 1.324 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 131 vs 129

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	331 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.324 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	131 vs 129

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

129

131

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	33	24
PassMark - G2D Mark	129	131

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 8
Code name	NV35	R350
Launch date	12 May 2003	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1216	1201
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	331 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	1.324 GTexel / s
Transistor count	135 million	117 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	Floppy
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	9.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	580 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR