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.

 

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
99
34
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 606 608
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