ATI Radeon X1800 XL vs NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1800 XL and NVIDIA GeForce 6500 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.

ATI Radeon X1800 XL

NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 XL

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 666 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 666 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1800 XL
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Name	ATI Radeon X1800 XL	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
PassMark - G3D Mark		38
PassMark - G2D Mark		300

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1800 XL	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	R520	NV44 A2
Launch date	1 October 2005	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	546
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt
Transistor count	321 million	75 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2