NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i vs ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i and ATI Radeon 9600 SE 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 145 vs 143
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38 vs 27
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 October 2007 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 145 vs 143
PassMark - G3D Mark 38 vs 27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 SE

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
145
143
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
38
27
Name NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i ATI Radeon 9600 SE
PassMark - G2D Mark 145 143
PassMark - G3D Mark 38 27

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Essentials

Architecture Curie Rage 8
Code name C73 RV350
Launch date 4 October 2007 1 October 2003
Place in performance rating 1132 1134
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 630 MHz
Core clock speed 500 MHz 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 130 nm
Transistor count 112 million 76 million
Texture fill rate 1.3 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0
OpenGL 2.1 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz
Memory type DDR