ATI Radeon X1650 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon X1650

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 375 MHz
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1615 vs 916
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1615 vs 916

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2007 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 375 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1615 vs 916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1615 vs 916

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

3.8x more texture fill rate: 7.5 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Texture fill rate	7.5 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1615

916

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1615

916

Name	ATI Radeon X1650	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1615	916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1615	916
PassMark - G3D Mark		178
PassMark - G2D Mark		88

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1650	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV530	G71
Launch date	1 February 2007	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	1565	1567
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	7.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Pipelines		20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		20 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-II
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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	256
Shared memory		0