NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640 vs ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640 and ATI Radeon X1300 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 8800 GTS 640

ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640

5.1x more texture fill rate: 12.31 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
5x more maximum memory size: 640 MB vs 128 MB
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 800 MHz

Texture fill rate	12.31 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	640 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 513 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
4.6x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 143 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 513 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 143 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark		84
PassMark - G2D Mark		313

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G80	RV516
Launch date	8 November 2006	1 November 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	not rated	518
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	513 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12.31 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	143 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	640 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	63.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR