NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i and ATI Radeon X1550 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i

ATI Radeon X1550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 630 MHz vs 600 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 November 2007 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	630 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 253

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 67 vs 33

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	67 vs 33

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

253

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i	ATI Radeon X1550
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	253
PassMark - G3D Mark	33	67

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i	ATI Radeon X1550
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	C73	RV515
Launch date	16 November 2007	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	710	711
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	630 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Transistor count	112 million	107 million
Texture fill rate		2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		27 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2