NVIDIA GeForce 720M vs ATI Radeon X1900 XT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 720M and ATI Radeon X1900 XT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GF117GPU NameR580
N14M-GEModel numberR580 XT
(215BADBKA22FG)
Fermi 2.0ArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size90 nm
585 millionTransistors384 million
116 mm²Die Size352 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 1st, 2013Release Date2006
GeForce 700MFamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1900)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 600MPredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

2 GBMemory Size256 MB
DDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
64 bitMemory Bus256 bit
12.80 GB/sBandwidth46.40 GB/s

Performance

2.500 GPixel/sPixel fillrate10.00 GPixel/s
10.00 GTexel/sTexture fillrate10.00 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock725 MHz
1450 Mbps effective
625 MHzGPU Clock625 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs16
8ROPs16

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
33 WThermal design power (TDP)100 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
4.6OpenGL2.1 (full)
3.0 (partial)
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
5.1Shader Model3.0