ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4 vs GeForce PCX 5900

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1522	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	17 March 2003 (22 years ago)	1 July 2002 (23 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	350 MHz	325 MHz
Number of transistors	135 million	110 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.800	2.600 ×4
ROPs	4	8 ×4
TMUs	8	8 ×4

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	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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 ×4
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed	275 MHz	310 MHz
Memory bandwidth	17.6 GB/s	19.84 GB/s ×4

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

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

4x DVI

API and SDK support

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

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

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 March 2003	1 July 2002
Chip lithography	130 nm	150 nm

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