ATI Radeon X1300 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1300 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon X1300 XT

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300 XT

Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1300 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Name	ATI Radeon X1300 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark		51
PassMark - G2D Mark		79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		184

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1300 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV530	NV44 B2
Launch date	12 August 2006	8 August 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	1636
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2