NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL vs ATI Radeon IGP 320M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL and ATI Radeon IGP 320M 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 Quadro4 580 XGL

ATI Radeon IGP 320M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 160 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm

Launch date	12 November 2002 vs 5 October 2002
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 160 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL
GPU 2: ATI Radeon IGP 320M

Name	NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL	ATI Radeon IGP 320M
PassMark - G3D Mark		4
PassMark - G2D Mark		101

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL	ATI Radeon IGP 320M
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Rage 7
Code name	NV18 A4	RS320
Launch date	12 November 2002	5 October 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	1400
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz	160 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	1.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	29 million	30 million
Boost clock speed		160 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR
Shared memory		yes