ATI Radeon X1300 XT AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1300 XT AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 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 X1300 XT AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300 XT AGP

3x lower typical power consumption: 22 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
6.6x more texture fill rate: 13.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1300 XT AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Name	ATI Radeon X1300 XT AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		348
PassMark - G2D Mark		153

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1300 XT AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV530	G71
Launch date	12 August 2006	6 August 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	1035
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$114.95
Price now		$114.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	13.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3