NVIDIA CMP 30HX vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 30HX and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 30HX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 15710x more texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 10 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 90 nm
  • 12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1450 MHz
Launch date 25 Feb 2021 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1450 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA CMP 30HX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Name NVIDIA CMP 30HX ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Geekbench - OpenCL 68128
PassMark - G3D Mark 137
PassMark - G2D Mark 507

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA CMP 30HX ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Essentials

Architecture Turing R500
Code name TU116 R580
Launch date 25 Feb 2021 24 January 2006
Place in performance rating 299 298
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 1408
Pixel fill rate 85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 384 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Width 111 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 (12_1) 9.0c
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.0
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1450 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR3