NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS vs ATI Radeon X1600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 6.3x more texture fill rate: 16 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
  • 7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 382 vs 49
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1989 vs 1019
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1989 vs 1019
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2007 vs 1 January 2007
Texture fill rate 16 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 382 vs 49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1989 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1989 vs 1019

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 635 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 159
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 635 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 27 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 209 vs 159

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
382
49
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
159
209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1989
1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1989
1019
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS ATI Radeon X1600
PassMark - G3D Mark 382 49
PassMark - G2D Mark 159 209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1989 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1989 1019

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS ATI Radeon X1600

Essentials

Architecture Tesla R500
Code name G92 RV516
Launch date 1 November 2007 1 January 2007
Place in performance rating 1251 1252
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 635 MHz
CUDA cores 64
Floating-point performance 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 64
Texture fill rate 16 GTexel / s 2.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 27 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 107 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 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 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR2
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0