NVIDIA GeForce3 vs ATI Radeon 9550 XT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce3 and ATI Radeon 9550 XT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV20GPU NameRV350
NV20 A5Model numberRV350 XT
KelvinArchitectureRage 8
TSMCFoundryTSMC
150 nmProcess Size130 nm
57 millionTransistors60 million
128 mm²Die Size76 mm²

Graphics Card

Feb 27th, 2001Release DateMay 4th, 2005
GeForce 3FamilyRadeon R300
(9500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 2PredecessorRadeon R200
AGP 4xBus InterfaceAGP 8x

Memory

64 MBMemory Size128 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
7.360 GB/sBandwidth10.40 GB/s

Performance

800.0 MPixel/sPixel fillrate1.700 GPixel/s
50.00 MVertices/sVertex fillrate212.5 MVertices/s
1.600 GTexel/sTexture fillrate1.700 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

230 MHz
460 Mbps effective
Memory Clock325 MHz
650 Mbps effective
200 MHzGPU Clock425 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs4
4ROPs4
4Pixel Shaders4
1Vertex Shaders2

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)unknown
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
1x VGA
1x DB13W3
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

8.1DirectX9.0 (9_0)
1.5OpenGL2.0
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
1.1Pixel Shader2.0
1.1Vertex Shader2.0