ATI Radeon X1650 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon X1650 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1650 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Name	ATI Radeon X1650 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
PassMark - G2D Mark		308
PassMark - G3D Mark		79

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1650 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Tesla
Code name	RV560	C78
Launch date	1 May 2007	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	525
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	330 million	210 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		40 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3