NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS vs ATI Radeon X1600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS and ATI Radeon X1600 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

ATI Radeon X1600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
10.4x more texture fill rate: 26.4 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
6.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 330 vs 49
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3128 vs 1019
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3128 vs 1019

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2008 vs 1 January 2007
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	330 vs 49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3128 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3128 vs 1019

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 635 MHz vs 550 MHz
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 384 MB
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 121

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	635 MHz vs 550 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 384 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 121

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

209

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3128

1019

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3128

1019

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	ATI Radeon X1600
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	121	209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3128	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3128	1019

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	ATI Radeon X1600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G92	RV516
Launch date	31 January 2008	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	1250	1252
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	635 MHz
Floating-point performance	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s	2.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2