NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 and ATI Mobility Radeon X600 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 9800 GX2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 3.8x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 48x more texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 1.6 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 130 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 12.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 613 vs 50
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 209
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 March 2008 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 76.8 billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 128 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 613 vs 50
PassMark - G2D Mark 262 vs 209

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
613
50
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
262
209
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 ATI Mobility Radeon X600
PassMark - G3D Mark 613 50
PassMark - G2D Mark 262 209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3238

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 ATI Mobility Radeon X600

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Rage 9
Code name G92 M24
Launch date 18 March 2008 1 June 2004
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Place in performance rating 887 885
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1500 MHz 400 MHz
CUDA cores 256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance 2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 2x 128 4
Texture fill rate 76.8 billion / sec 1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 197 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 75 million
Boost clock speed 400 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
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0b
OpenGL 2.1 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 512 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 128 (64 per GPU) 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit 250 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 128
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
PCIe