NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon X1300 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition and ATI Radeon X1300 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition

ATI Radeon X1300 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition

Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 2.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300 XT

Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 22 Watt vs 24 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt vs 24 Watt
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition	ATI Radeon X1300 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	G73	RV530
Launch date	26 August 2006	12 August 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt	22 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2