NVIDIA GeForce 8300 vs ATI Radeon X1700 SE

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8300 and ATI Radeon X1700 SE. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

C78GPU NameRV560
TeslaArchitectureR500
80 nmProcess Size80 nm
210 millionTransistors330 million
127 mm²Die Size230 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 17th, 2007Release DateNov 30th, 2007
GeForce 8 IGPFamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1700)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 7 IGPPredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
PCIBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

System SharedMemory Size512 MB
System SharedMemory TypeDDR2
System SharedMemory Bus128 bit
System DependentBandwidth16.00 GB/s

Performance

2.000 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.000 GPixel/s
4.000 GTexel/sTexture fillrate4.000 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

System SharedMemory Clock500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective
500 MHzGPU Clock500 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
4ROPs8

Board Design

IGPSlot WidthSingle-slot
40 WThermal design power (TDP)50 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
3.3OpenGL2.1
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model3.0