3DMark05 measures performance by simulating DirectX 9.0c games, i.e. using the new Shader 3.0 model. This programming model is used by Far Cry game and other games to be launched in the future. This new programming model is used by GeForce 6 and 7 series from nVidia and Radeon X1000 series from ATI.

We run this program in three resolutions, 1024x768x32, 1280x1024x32 and 1600x1200x32, first without antialiasing and anisotropic filtering, and then configuring antialising at 4x and anisotropic filtering also at 4x. This improves the video quality but lowers the performance. We were willing to see how much performance we lost by putting the VGA to run at the maximum possible image quality. It is important to notice that ATI chips can run at 6x antialiasing. Since nVidia chips cannot run at this configuration, we had to use 4x antialiasing to use a configuration that is valid to all video cards included in our benchmark, allowing direct comparison between them.

The results you check below. Keep in mind that models marked as "OC" are factory-overclocked. GeForce 7600 GT OC from XFX was running at 590 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.6 GHz (800 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GT is 560 MHz/1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR). GeForce 7600 GS OC from Inno3D was running at 500 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GS is 400 MHz/800 MHz (400 MHz DDR).

 

3DMark05 - 1024x768	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX)	8,172	13.19
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia)	8,096	12.13
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia)	7,370	2.08
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D)	7,342	1.69
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI)	7,222	0.03
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX)	7,220
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI)	6,982	3.41
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia)	6,863	5.20
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI)	6,789	6.35
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI)	6,471	11.57
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	6,343	13.83
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI)	5,732	25.96
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia)	5,594	29.07
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI)	4,991	44.66
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia)	4,941	46.12
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia)	4,537	59.14
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS)	4,301	67.87
Radeon X800 GT (HIS)	3,993	80.82
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia)	3,675	96.46
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire)	2,886	150.17
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX)	2,872	151.39
GeForce 6600 (Albatron)	1,701	324.46
Radeon X600 XT (ATI)	1,433	403.84
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire)	1,365	428.94

 

3DMark05 - 1280x1024	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX)	7,918	17.72%
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia)	7,804	16.03%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia)	6,962	3.51%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D)	6,761	0.52%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX)	6,726
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI)	6,699	0.40%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI)	6,534	2.94%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia)	6,208	8.34%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI)	6,067	10.86%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI)	5,554	21.10%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	5,504	22.20%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia)	4,780	40.71%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI)	4,740	41.90%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia)	4,130	62.86%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI)	4,085	64.65%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia)	3,745	79.60%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS)	3,479	93.33%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS)	3,192	110.71%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia)	3,093	117.46%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire)	2,253	198.54%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX)	1,957	243.69%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron)	1,259	434.23%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire)	1,040	546.73%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI)	992	578.02%

 

3DMark05 - 1600x1200	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX)	7,749	25.17%
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia)	7,598	22.73%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia)	6,559	5.94%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI)	6,513	5.20%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D)	6,220	0.47%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX)	6,191
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI)	5,862	5.61%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia)	5,524	12.07%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI)	5,371	15.27%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	4,786	29.36%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI)	4,785	29.38%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia)	4,096	51.15%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI)	3,931	57.49%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia)	3,455	79.19%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI)	3,376	83.38%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia)	3,091	100.29%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS)	2,856	116.77%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia)	2,608	137.38%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS)	2,430	154.77%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire)	1,789	246.06%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX)	1,264	389.79%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron)	944	555.83%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire)	814	660.57%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI)	708	774.44%

 

3DMark05 - 1024x768 AAx4, Anisox4	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX)	7,845	17.88%
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia)	7,735	16.23%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia)	6,893	3.58%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI)	6,788	2.00%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI)	6,717	0.93%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D)	6,656	0.02%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX)	6,655
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia)	6,123	8.69%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI)	6,052	9.96%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI)	5,874	13.30%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	5,559	19.72%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI)	4,971	33.88%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia)	4,634	43.61%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia)	4,108	62.00%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI)	4,072	63.43%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia)	3,700	79.86%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS)	3,655	82.08%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS)	3,523	88.90%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia)	2,881	131.00%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire)	2,232	198.16%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX)	1,287	417.09%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire)	1,038	541.14%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron)	935	611.76%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI)	903	636.99%

 

3DMark05 - 1280x1024 AAx4, Anisox4	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX)	7,647	28.13%
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia)	7,485	25.42%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI)	6,571	10.10%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia)	6,325	5.98%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI)	6,040	1.21%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX)	5,968
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D)	5,955	0.22%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia)	5,277	13.09%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI)	5,186	15.08%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI)	4,915	21.42%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	4,664	27.96%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI)	4,028	48.16%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia)	3,738	59.66%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI)	3,295	81.12%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia)	3,286	81.62%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia)	2,969	101.01%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS)	2,891	106.43%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS)	2,510	137.77%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia)	2,232	167.38%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire)	1,722	246.57%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire)	803	643.21%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI)	581	927.19%