NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 20.8 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 658 vs 151

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 10 September 2006
Texture fill rate	20.8 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	658 vs 151

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 466 vs 225

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	466 vs 225

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

225

466

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

151

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark	225	466
PassMark - G3D Mark	658	151

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G94B	R580+
Launch date	10 March 2009	10 September 2006
Place in performance rating	698	328
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	20.8 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR4