NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 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 9800 GX2

ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 550 MHz
34.9x more texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 2x 128 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
18.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 613 vs 33
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2008 vs 18 September 2006
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 128 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	613 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	262 vs 205

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

613

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

205

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
PassMark - G3D Mark	613	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	262	205
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G92	M64
Launch date	18 March 2008	18 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	887	890
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	2x 128	4
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	197 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	128 (64 per GPU)	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	450 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI