ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4 vs GeForce FX 5900 XT

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code name	NV35	R300
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	12 May 2003 (21 year ago)	1 July 2002 (22 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed	400 MHz	325 MHz
Number of transistors	135 million	110 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	3.200	2.600
ROPs	4	8
TMUs	8	8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	AGP 8x	PCI
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	2x Molex

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	350 MHz	310 MHz
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB/s	19.84 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

4x DVI

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	9.0a	9.0 (9_0)
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 May 2003	1 July 2002
Chip lithography	130 nm	150 nm

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