ATI Radeon X1600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon X1600 XT

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 590 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 2.36 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
Around 97% higher memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 700 MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 116 vs 24
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 356 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	590 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.36 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	116 vs 24
PassMark - G2D Mark	356 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

356

212

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400
PassMark - G3D Mark	116	24
PassMark - G2D Mark	356	212
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1745

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV530	NV44 A2
Launch date	1 October 2007	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	822	825
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	590 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2.36 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	75 million
Boost clock speed		400 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.08 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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