ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP vs NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP and NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL 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.

ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP

NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 150 nm
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 36 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 February 2007 vs 19 February 2002
Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	36 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 192

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	194 vs 192

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

192

194

Name	ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP	NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	36	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	192	194

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP	NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Kelvin
Code name	RS690	NV25 A2
Launch date	28 February 2007	19 February 2002
Place in performance rating	910	913
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	150 nm
Transistor count	120 million	63 million
Texture fill rate		2.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		650 MHz
Memory type		DDR