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The Ultimate GPU Benchmark (2001 - 2005)

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Follow-up on the previous part - this time with DX8 and DX9 hardware. If you are instered in this era of GPUs, you are in the right place. Radeon 9700 Pro, GeForce FX 5800 Ultra and many others, everything thoroughly tested.

Performance Summary - Resolutions


Please take note the summary figures are somewhat more favourable for faster GPUs as they are more likely to pass the 10 fps treshold. Anything that scores less than 10 fps average is considered unplayable and gets zero.



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Performance Summary – 800×600 noAA, noAF [%]


GeForce 6800 Ultra
99.78
GeForce 7800 GS
99.07
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
98.88
GeForce 7800 GT
94.86
Radeon X800 XT PE
92.28
Radeon X850 Pro
89.32
Radeon X1800 XL
86.97
GeForce 6800
86.02
GeForce 6700 XL
79.26
Radeon X800 GT
76.72
GeForce 6800 LE
76.22
Radeon 9800 XT
75.45
Radeon X1600 XT
73.39
Radeon X700 Pro
66.04
Radeon 9700 Pro
64.68
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
60.19
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
59.30
GeForce 6600
57.43
GeForce 9300 GE
57.12
Radeon X1300 Pro
56.71
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
55.53
GeForce FX 5900 XT
52.85
Chrome S25
52.76
Radeon 9600 TX
52.23
Radeon 9600 XT
50.61
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
46.16
Quadro FX 1100
43.25
GeForce4 Ti4600
41.64
GeForce GT 610 PCI
36.30
Radeon 9500
33.22
GeForce 7300 GS
32.82
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
32.41
GeForce4 Ti4200
30.52
GeForce FX 5600
28.29
Radeon 9100
24.91
Radeon 8500
24.57
GeForce3 Ti500
23.53
GeForce FX 5200
20.61
Radeon 9000 Pro
20.04
Radeon 9000
17.73
GeForce3 Ti200
16.86
Parhelia AGP 8×
13.51
GeForce FX 5200 (64-bit)
13.02
Radeon 9200 SE
11.70
P650
4.34



Performance Summary – 800×600 2×AA, 4×AF [%]


GeForce 7800 GT
98.40
GeForce 7800 GS
96.27
Radeon X800 XT PE
94.71
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
91.55
GeForce 6800 Ultra
90.80
Radeon X850 Pro
86.40
Radeon X1800 XL
80.54
GeForce 6800
71.36
GeForce 6700 XL
70.26
Radeon X800 GT
68.42
Radeon X1600 XT
64.02
Radeon 9800 XT
62.43
GeForce 6800 LE
60.26
Radeon X700 Pro
55.25
Radeon 9700 Pro
53.41
GeForce 9300 GE
48.33
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
47.73
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
46.48
Radeon X1300 Pro
45.93
GeForce 6600
44.77
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
39.40
GeForce FX 5900 XT
39.14
GeForce GT 610 PCI
38.22
Radeon 9600 XT
37.95
Quadro FX 1100
33.86
Radeon 9600 TX
33.84
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
31.33
Radeon 9500
24.46
GeForce4 Ti4600
22.63
Chrome S25
21.97
GeForce 7300 GS
21.74
GeForce FX 5600
21.13
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
20.64
GeForce4 Ti4200
16.39
GeForce FX 5200
14.60
Radeon 9100
14.04
GeForce3 Ti500
12.79
Radeon 8500
12.41
Radeon 9000 Pro
11.84
Radeon 9000
10.41
GeForce FX 5200 (64-bit)
6.64
GeForce3 Ti200
5.74
Radeon 9200 SE
5.48
P650
0.00
Parhelia AGP 8×
0.00



Performance Summary – 800×600 4×AA, 8×AF [%]


GeForce 7800 GT
96.75
Radeon X800 XT PE
92.89
GeForce 7800 GS
90.32
Radeon X1800 XL
88.30
GeForce 6800 Ultra
85.57
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
85.53
Radeon X850 Pro
80.00
GeForce 6800
64.34
GeForce 6700 XL
60.67
Radeon X1600 XT
56.83
Radeon X800 GT
55.98
Radeon 9800 XT
55.29
GeForce 6800 LE
54.54
Radeon X700 Pro
47.29
GeForce 9300 GE
45.67
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
44.03
Radeon 9700 Pro
43.16
Radeon X1300 Pro
39.15
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
38.03
GeForce 6600
35.34
GeForce GT 610 PCI
34.43
GeForce FX 5900 XT
33.40
Radeon 9600 XT
29.46
Quadro FX 1100
28.62
Radeon 9600 TX
27.23
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
26.17
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
20.97
Radeon 9500
18.18
GeForce4 Ti4600
15.84
GeForce 7300 GS
14.93
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
14.78
GeForce FX 5600
13.96
Chrome S25
11.46
GeForce4 Ti4200
9.48
GeForce FX 5200
8.10
GeForce3 Ti500
7.00
Radeon 9100
6.83
Radeon 8500
6.81
Parhelia AGP 8×
6.53
Radeon 9000
4.96
Radeon 9000 Pro
4.88
GeForce3 Ti200
2.91
GeForce FX 5200 (64-bit)
2.21
Radeon 9200 SE
1.08
P650
0.84



Performance Summary – 1024×768 noAA, noAF [%]


GeForce 6800 Ultra
96.15
GeForce 7800 GS
95.01
GeForce 7800 GT
94.51
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
94.38
Radeon X800 XT PE
92.98
Radeon X1800 XL
87.79
Radeon X850 Pro
85.77
GeForce 6800
77.29
Radeon X800 GT
70.70
GeForce 6700 XL
70.36
Radeon X1600 XT
67.73
GeForce 6800 LE
66.66
Radeon 9800 XT
66.23
Radeon X700 Pro
59.66
Radeon 9700 Pro
56.10
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
52.08
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
50.00
Radeon X1300 Pro
47.33
GeForce 6600
45.37
GeForce FX 5900 XT
44.20
GeForce 9300 GE
43.36
Radeon 9600 TX
43.10
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
42.75
Radeon 9600 XT
39.93
Chrome S25
38.06
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
35.13
GeForce GT 610 PCI
33.91
GeForce4 Ti4600
31.73
Quadro FX 1100
31.59
Radeon 9500
27.00
GeForce 7300 GS
25.07
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
24.86
GeForce4 Ti4200
23.97
Radeon 8500
21.47
GeForce FX 5600
21.39
Radeon 9100
21.15
GeForce3 Ti500
19.99
Radeon 9000 Pro
17.16
GeForce3 Ti200
15.44
GeForce FX 5200
15.44
Radeon 9000
15.06
Parhelia AGP 8×
12.88
Radeon 9200 SE
9.40
GeForce FX 5200 (64-bit)
7.51
P650
5.14



Performance Summary – 1024×768 2×AA, 4×AF [%]


GeForce 7800 GT
95.88
Radeon X800 XT PE
89.12
GeForce 7800 GS
87.72
GeForce 6800 Ultra
86.54
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
83.92
Radeon X1800 XL
83.53
Radeon X850 Pro
79.06
GeForce 6800
64.59
Radeon X800 GT
62.73
GeForce 6700 XL
59.61
Radeon X1600 XT
55.83
GeForce 6800 LE
54.15
Radeon 9800 XT
53.64
Radeon X700 Pro
47.53
Radeon 9700 Pro
44.59
Radeon X1300 Pro
39.08
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
38.97
GeForce 9300 GE
36.58
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
36.42
GeForce GT 610 PCI
35.49
GeForce 6600
35.05
GeForce FX 5900 XT
31.12
Radeon 9600 XT
29.80
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
28.70
Radeon 9600 TX
28.00
Quadro FX 1100
24.93
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
22.74
Radeon 9500
18.78
GeForce4 Ti4600
16.88
GeForce 7300 GS
16.26
Chrome S25
16.12
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
14.97
GeForce FX 5600
14.07
GeForce4 Ti4200
11.37
Radeon 9100
9.59
Radeon 8500
9.53
GeForce FX 5200
9.14
GeForce3 Ti500
9.13
Radeon 9000 Pro
8.55
Radeon 9000
7.61
GeForce3 Ti200
4.96
Radeon 9200 SE
3.88
GeForce FX 5200 (64-bit)
3.13
P650
0.00
Parhelia AGP 8×
0.00



Performance Summary – 1024×768 4×AA, 8×AF [%]


GeForce 7800 GT
92.76
Radeon X800 XT PE
92.10
Radeon X1800 XL
90.69
GeForce 7800 GS
83.19
GeForce 6800 Ultra
80.24
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
79.67
Radeon X850 Pro
75.94
GeForce 6800
57.03
Radeon X800 GT
56.01
Radeon X1600 XT
51.29
GeForce 6800 LE
49.16
GeForce 6700 XL
48.99
Radeon 9800 XT
47.53
Radeon X700 Pro
42.04
Radeon 9700 Pro
38.03
GeForce 9300 GE
36.19
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
36.12
Radeon X1300 Pro
32.14
GeForce GT 610 PCI
31.09
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
29.41
GeForce FX 5900 XT
28.60
GeForce 6600
28.18
Radeon 9600 XT
24.69
Radeon 9600 TX
23.61
Quadro FX 1100
20.21
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
19.89
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
15.26
Radeon 9500
13.83
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
11.90
GeForce FX 5600
11.30
GeForce4 Ti4600
10.41
GeForce 7300 GS
8.61
Parhelia AGP 8×
8.17
Chrome S25
6.70
GeForce4 Ti4200
5.90
GeForce FX 5200
4.78
GeForce3 Ti500
3.61
Radeon 9100
3.29
GeForce3 Ti200
2.03
Radeon 9000 Pro
1.82
P650
1.60
Radeon 8500
1.27
Radeon 9000
1.03
Radeon 9200 SE
0.73
GeForce FX 5200 (64-bit)
0.38



Performance Summary – 1280×1024 noAA, noAF [%]


GeForce 7800 GT
96.00
Radeon X800 XT PE
91.73
GeForce 6800 Ultra
90.87
GeForce 7800 GS
90.16
Radeon X1800 XL
88.00
GeForce 6800 GS AGP
87.89
Radeon X850 Pro
79.25
GeForce 6800
69.53
Radeon X800 GT
62.69
GeForce 6700 XL
60.29
Radeon X1600 XT
58.78
GeForce 6800 LE
57.33
Radeon 9800 XT
56.97
Radeon X700 Pro
49.05
Radeon 9700 Pro
45.14
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
42.46
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
39.66
Radeon X1300 Pro
36.22
GeForce 6600
36.09
GeForce GT 610 PCI
35.45
GeForce 9300 GE
34.15
GeForce 6200 (Unlock)
33.65
GeForce FX 5900 XT
33.54
Radeon 9600 TX
33.01
Chrome S25
30.87
Radeon 9600 XT
30.58
GeForce 6200 (NV43)
25.45
Quadro FX 1100
23.66
GeForce4 Ti4600
22.70
Radeon HD 2400 Pro
19.79
GeForce 7300 GS
19.38