NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 vs ATI Radeon 9250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 and ATI Radeon 9250 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

ATI Radeon 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 64 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
175x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 525 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 1 March 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	525 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250

50x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 127 vs 109

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	127 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

525

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

127

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	ATI Radeon 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark	525	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	109	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	ATI Radeon 9250
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G80	RV280
Launch date	5 March 2007	1 March 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999
Place in performance rating	1234	1237
Price now	$179.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	240 MHz
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR