ATI Radeon 9250 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

What is the difference between ATI Radeon 9250 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

RV280GPU NameNV31
215C78AVA12PHModel number5600 XT
Rage 7ArchitectureRankine
UMCFoundryTSMC
150 nmProcess Size130 nm
36 millionTransistors80 million
98 mm²Die Size121 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 1st, 2004Release DateMar 17th, 2003
Radeon R200
(9200)
FamilyGeForce FX
(5600)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Radeon R100PredecessorGeForce 4 Ti
AGP 8xBus InterfaceAGP 8x

Memory

64 MBMemory Size128 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR
64 bitMemory Bus128 bit
3.200 GB/sBandwidth6.400 GB/s

Performance

960.0 MPixel/sPixel fillrate940.0 MPixel/s
60.00 MVertices/sVertex fillrate117.5 MVertices/s
960.0 MTexel/sTexture fillrate940.0 MTexel/s

Clock Speeds

200 MHz
400 Mbps effective
Memory Clock200 MHz
400 Mbps effective
240 MHzGPU Clock235 MHz

Render Config

4TMUs4
4ROPs4
4Pixel Shaders4
1Vertex Shaders2

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)unknown
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

8.1DirectX9.0a
1.4OpenGL2.0
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
1.4Pixel Shader2.0a
1.1Vertex Shader2.0a