ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition and ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP 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 AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 540 MHz
Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 6.9 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP

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
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1360 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1360 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition	ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	R580	RV560
Launch date	6 November 2006	30 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s	4.32 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	AGP 8x
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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	21.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1360 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3