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).

 

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
24
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 821 824
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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