ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon X1650 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition and ATI Radeon X1650 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition

ATI Radeon X1650 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 525 MHz
Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 6.9 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 525 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 XT

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition	ATI Radeon X1650 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	R580	RV560
Launch date	6 November 2006	30 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	$199
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	525 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	384 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3