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).

ATI Radeon X1600 XT

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

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	822	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	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