ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 283 vs 273
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 October 2005 vs 11 August 2005
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 283 vs 273

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 8.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 244 vs 30
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 244 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
283
273
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
30
244
Name ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark 283 273
PassMark - G3D Mark 30 244

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Essentials

Architecture R500 Curie
Code name R520 G70
Launch date 27 October 2005 11 August 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $429 $449
Place in performance rating 623 624
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $80
Value for money (0-100) 3.16

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 110 nm
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 321 million 302 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Length 226 mm

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 32.0 GB / s 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3