NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 vs ATI Radeon X300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 and ATI Radeon X300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

ATI Radeon X300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.4x more texture fill rate: 3.6 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 106 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 November 2004 vs 1 September 2004
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	106 vs 41

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 375 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	375 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 205

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

205

209

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800	ATI Radeon X300
PassMark - G3D Mark	106	41
PassMark - G2D Mark	205	209

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800	ATI Radeon X300
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	NV41	RV370
Launch date	8 November 2004	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	846	847
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	300 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s	1.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	300 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	128 / 256	DDR
Shared memory	0