ATI Radeon X1600 PRO vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 99 vs 47

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 1 June 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	99 vs 47

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

4.1x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 41 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 79% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 780 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 41 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	274 vs 273

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

274

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
PassMark - G3D Mark	99	47
PassMark - G2D Mark	273	274

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV530	G72
Launch date	1 October 2007	1 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	604	605
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Pipelines		4
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-III
Supplementary power connectors	None
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	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II