ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 vs NVIDIA GeForce3

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 and NVIDIA GeForce3 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

NVIDIA GeForce3

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 445 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 1.78 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 230 MHz
8.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 43 vs 5
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 226 vs 120

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 January 2006 vs 27 February 2001
Core clock speed	445 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.78 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 230 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	43 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	226 vs 120

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

120

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400	NVIDIA GeForce3
PassMark - G3D Mark	43	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	252

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400	NVIDIA GeForce3
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Kelvin
Code name	M54	NV20 A5
Launch date	19 January 2006	27 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1280	1282
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	445 MHz
Core clock speed	445 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	4
Texture fill rate	1.78 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	57 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length		165 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	3.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	250 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	230 MHz
Memory type	128	SDR
Shared memory	0