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).

 

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 1009 1010
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