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.
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 | ATI Radeon X300 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 106 | 41 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 205 | 209 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 | ATI Radeon X300 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Curie | Rage 9 |
Code name | NV41 | RV370 |
Launch date | 8 November 2004 | 1 September 2004 |
Place in performance rating | 844 | 845 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-III | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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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 |