ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 325 MHz
Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.56 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 960 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 135 vs 110
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 287 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 January 2007 vs 16 January 2005
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.56 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	960 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	135 vs 110
PassMark - G2D Mark	287 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

287

166

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	135	110
PassMark - G2D Mark	287	166
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1398

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	M68	NV41
Launch date	11 January 2007	16 January 2005
Place in performance rating	1008	1009
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	36
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	2.56 GTexel / s
Transistor count	384 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	30.72 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	470 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	960 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0