ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD vs NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD and NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL 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.

ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2007 vs 14 November 2004
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	244 vs 243

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 525 MHz vs 479 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 4.2 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 756 MHz
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 95 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	525 MHz vs 479 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 756 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	95 vs 49

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

244

243

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	49	95
PassMark - G2D Mark	244	243

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	M71	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 March 2007	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	709	711
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	479 MHz	525 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	1.916 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.024 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	32 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	756 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3