ATI Radeon X1950 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 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 XT

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 430 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	17 October 2006 vs 22 June 2005
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 86 Watt vs 96 Watt

Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	86 Watt vs 96 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1950 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Name	ATI Radeon X1950 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark		291
PassMark - G2D Mark		196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1244

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	R580+	G70
Launch date	17 October 2006	22 June 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	1261
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt	86 Watt
Transistor count	384 million	302 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
Length		228 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3