ATI Radeon E4690 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon E4690 and NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon E4690

NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon E4690

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 525 MHz
4.6x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 405 vs 95
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 347 vs 243

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2009 vs 14 November 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 525 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	405 vs 95
PassMark - G2D Mark	347 vs 243

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon E4690
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

405

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

347

243

Name	ATI Radeon E4690	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	405	95
PassMark - G2D Mark	347	243
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3302

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon E4690	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV730	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 June 2009	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	714	711
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	525 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	146 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA