ATI Radeon X1300 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1300 XT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300 XT

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
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

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

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1300 XT	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	PCIe 1.0 x16	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	DDR2	GDDR3