NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 vs ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 and ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum 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 Go5700

ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 171 vs 170

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2005 vs 1 March 2004
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	171 vs 170

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 450 MHz
4.6x more texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 81 vs 51

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1120 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	81 vs 51

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

171

170

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum
PassMark - G3D Mark	51	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	171	170

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	R400
Code name	NV36 A1	R423
Launch date	1 February 2005	1 March 2004
Place in performance rating	989	991
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count	82 million	160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		63 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0c
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.8 GB / s	35.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	1120 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3