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.

 

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
99
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 606 603
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