ATI Radeon X1600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 635 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 532 MHz
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 122

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2007 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed	635 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 122

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

2.1x more texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 123 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	123 vs 49

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

122

Name	ATI Radeon X1600	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	49	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	209	122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1019

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV516	NV48
Launch date	1 January 2007	30 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1245	1246
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	635 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2.54 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3