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.

 

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
51
81
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 991 993
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