NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT vs ATI Radeon X1650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT and ATI Radeon X1650 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

ATI Radeon X1650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 500 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1701 vs 1615
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1701 vs 1615

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2007 vs 1 February 2007
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1701 vs 1615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1701 vs 1615

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1701

1615

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1701

1615

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT	ATI Radeon X1650
PassMark - G3D Mark	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1701	1615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1701	1615

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT	ATI Radeon X1650
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G84	RV530
Launch date	1 June 2007	1 February 2007
Place in performance rating	1564	1565
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0