NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i vs ATI Radeon X600 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i and ATI Radeon X600 PRO 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 X600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 630 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 November 2007 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	630 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 252

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 PRO

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 X600 PRO

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

252

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i	ATI Radeon X600 PRO
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	252
PassMark - G3D Mark	33	67

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i	ATI Radeon X600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	C73	RV370
Launch date	16 November 2007	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	675	677
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	630 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Transistor count	112 million	107 million
Texture fill rate		1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		36 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		600 MHz
Memory type		DDR