GeForce PCX 5900 vs ATI Radeon 9250

Place in the ranking	1539	1463
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rage 7 (2001−2006)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	RV280	NV35
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 March 2004 (20 years ago)	17 March 2003 (21 year 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	240 MHz	350 MHz
Number of transistors	36 million	135 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	0.96	2.800
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	4	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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	275 MHz
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB/s	17.6 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	8.1	9.0a
OpenGL	1.4	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI 9250 0.01

PCX 5900 0.09
+800%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

ATI 9250 2

PCX 5900 34
+1600%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.01	0.09
Recency	1 March 2004	17 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Chip lithography	150 nm	130 nm

ATI 9250 has an age advantage of 11 months.

PCX 5900, on the other hand, has a 800% higher aggregate performance score, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 15.4% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce PCX 5900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9250 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.