ATI Radeon 9700 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1170not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGT2xx (2009−2012)Rage 8 (2002−2006)
GPU code nameGT216R300
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 October 2009 (14 years old)1 July 2002 (21 year old)
Launch price (MSRP)$79.99 no data
Current price$121 (1.5x MSRP)$7.52
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48no data
CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed625 MHz275 MHz
Number of transistors486 million110 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt37 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate9.8402.200
Floating-point performance144 gflopsno data

Size and 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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length6.6" (16.8 cm)no data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataFloppy

Memory

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz540 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.3 GB/s17.28 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsVGADVIHDMI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIF + HDAno data

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.12.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 220 214
+304%
ATI 9700 53

GeForce GT 220 outperforms Radeon 9700 by 304% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 12 October 2009 1 July 2002
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 37 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 220 and Radeon 9700. We've got no test results to judge.


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