ATI Radeon X1600 PRO vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 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 X1600 PRO

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 34% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 55 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 780 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 99 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 55 Watt
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	780 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	99 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 2.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 276 vs 273

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	276 vs 273

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

276

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
PassMark - G3D Mark	99	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	273	276

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rankine
Code name	RV530	NV38 A1
Launch date	1 October 2007	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$599
Place in performance rating	604	607
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	135 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	None
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.48 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR