ATI Radeon X1950 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon X1950 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
8.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 106 vs 13
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 279 vs 188

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 January 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	106 vs 13
PassMark - G2D Mark	279 vs 188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1950 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

279

188

Name	ATI Radeon X1950 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M
PassMark - G3D Mark	106	13
PassMark - G2D Mark	279	188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2517
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2517

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV570	MCP67M
Launch date	29 January 2007	1 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$140
Place in performance rating	931	932
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	57 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3