ATI Radeon X700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

What is the difference between ATI Radeon X700 XT and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Benchmarks

73PassMark G3D59
248PassMark G2D274

Graphics Processor (GPU)

RV410GPU NameNV38
RV410 XTModel numberFX 5950 Ultra
R400ArchitectureRankine
TSMCFoundryTSMC
110 nmProcess Size130 nm
120 millionTransistors135 million
156 mm²Die Size207 mm²

Graphics Card

Sep 1st, 2004Release DateOct 23rd, 2003
Radeon R400 PCIe
(X700)
FamilyGeForce FX
(5900)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Radeon R300PredecessorGeForce 4 Ti
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfaceAGP 8x

Memory

128 MBMemory Size256 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeDDR
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
16.80 GB/sBandwidth30.40 GB/s

Performance

3.800 GPixel/sPixel fillrate1.900 GPixel/s
712.5 MVertices/sVertex fillrate356.3 MVertices/s
3.800 GTexel/sTexture fillrate3.800 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

525 MHz
1050 Mbps effective
Memory Clock475 MHz
950 Mbps effective
475 MHzGPU Clock475 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
8ROPs4
8Pixel Shaders4
6Vertex Shaders3

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
38 WThermal design power (TDP)74 W
200 WSuggested PSU250 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower Connectors1x Molex

API support

9.0b (9_2)DirectX9.0a
2.0OpenGL2.0
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
2.0bPixel Shader2.0a
2.0bVertex Shader2.0a