NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 vs ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 and ATI Radeon X1600 XT 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465

ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 590 MHz
11.3x more texture fill rate: 26.7 billion / sec vs 2.36 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 1603 MHz (3206 data rate) vs 1380 MHz
22.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2654 vs 116
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 356
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3321 vs 1745
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3321 vs 1745

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 May 2010 vs 1 October 2007
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 590 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.7 billion / sec vs 2.36 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1603 MHz (3206 data rate) vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2654 vs 116
PassMark - G2D Mark	465 vs 356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321 vs 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321 vs 1745

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 XT

4.8x lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

465

356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3321

1745

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3321

1745

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2654	116
PassMark - G2D Mark	465	356
Geekbench - OpenCL	9600
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	741.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.513
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	64.492
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321	1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321	1745

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	R500
Code name	GF100	RV530
Launch date	31 May 2010	1 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	824	825
Price now	$263.28
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	12.73
Technical info
Compute performance	30x
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	590 MHz
CUDA cores	352
Floating-point performance	855.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	352
Texture fill rate	26.7 billion / sec	2.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pins	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.6 GB / s	22.08 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1603 MHz (3206 data rate)	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround