NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 vs ATI Radeon 9200 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 and ATI Radeon 9200 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

ATI Radeon 9200 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 332 MHz
403.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1210 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	610 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1210 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 SE

16.4x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 48.8 GTexel / s
6.8x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 189 Watt
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 129 vs 80

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 48.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 189 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	129 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1210

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

129

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	ATI Radeon 9200 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	1210	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	129
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	ATI Radeon 9200 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rage 7
Code name	GT200B	RV280
Launch date	11 November 2008	1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499
Place in performance rating	1240	1265
Price now	$178.89
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	610 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	189 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR