ATI Radeon X1600 PRO vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 375 MHz
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 45 Watt

Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 375 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

4.5x more texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 171 vs 99
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 275 vs 273

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	171 vs 99
PassMark - G2D Mark	275 vs 273

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

275

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	99	171
PassMark - G2D Mark	273	275

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV530	G71
Launch date	1 October 2007	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	634	632
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Pipelines		20
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.48 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0