ATI Radeon X1600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 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, 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) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 48% higher core clock speed: 590 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 116 vs 115
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 356 vs 209
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2007 vs 3 March 2006
Core clock speed 590 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed 1380 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 116 vs 115
PassMark - G2D Mark 356 vs 209

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 42 Watt
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 42 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
116
115
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
356
209
Name ATI Radeon X1600 XT NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
PassMark - G3D Mark 116 115
PassMark - G2D Mark 356 209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1745

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X1600 XT NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

Essentials

Architecture R500 Curie
Code name RV530 G70
Launch date 1 October 2007 3 March 2006
Place in performance rating 821 823
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 6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 42 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 157 million 302 million
Boost clock speed 400 MHz
Pipelines 16

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
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 22.08 GB / s 35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 550 Bit
Memory clock speed 1380 MHz 1100 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 256
Shared memory 0