ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	236 vs 235

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

2.8x more texture fill rate: 5.1 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 940 MHz
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 940 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 92

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

236

235

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	92	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	236	235

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	M56	NV41
Launch date	1 February 2006	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	726	729
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		83 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.04 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	470 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	940 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	128	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0