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).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

ATI Radeon X1600

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

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	1276	1277
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