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.

 

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
67
5
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 882 884
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