NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition and ATI Radeon X1650 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition

ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition

Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 2.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 24 Watt vs 44 Watt

Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt vs 44 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Around 71% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark		85
PassMark - G2D Mark		241

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	G73	RV535
Launch date	26 August 2006	23 August 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	715
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt	44 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI, 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	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3