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.

ATI Radeon X1050

NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

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

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	700	710
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