ATI Radeon X1050 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1050 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1050

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 245 vs 243
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 December 2006 vs 14 November 2004
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 vs 243

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

  • Around 31% higher core clock speed: 525 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 4.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 666 MHz
  • Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 95 vs 49
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 525 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 4.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 95 vs 49

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1050
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
49
95
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
245
243
Name ATI Radeon X1050 NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark 49 95
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 243

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X1050 NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Essentials

Architecture Rage 9 Curie
Code name RV370 NV43 A2
Launch date 7 December 2006 14 November 2004
Place in performance rating 708 709
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 525 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 110 nm
Texture fill rate 1.6 GTexel / s 4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 24 Watt
Transistor count 107 million 146 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 9.0 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 5.33 GB / s 17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 666 MHz 1100 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR3