ATI Radeon X1800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1800 XT 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 XT

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 6x more texture fill rate: 9.6 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
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 666 MHz
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 9.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 666 MHz

Compare benchmarks

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

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

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X1800 XT NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Essentials

Architecture R500 Curie
Code name R520 NV44 A2
Launch date 1 October 2005 1 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $549
Place in performance rating not rated 546
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 110 nm
Texture fill rate 9.6 GTexel / s 1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 113 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
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 44.8 GB / s 10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz 666 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR2

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