ATI Mobility Radeon X700 vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X700 and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR 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 X700

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 120 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 220 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 300 MHz
13.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 67 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2005 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	67 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

171.4x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 201 vs 200

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	201 vs 200

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

200

201

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X700	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G3D Mark	67	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	200	201

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X700	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Celsius
Code name	M26	NV10 A3
Launch date	1 March 2005	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	880	882
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	350 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	220 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Transistor count	120 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	7.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	350 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	300 MHz
Memory type	128	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PCIe