ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

What is the difference between ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

RV560GPU NameG84
R500ArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryTSMC
80 nmProcess Size80 nm
330 millionTransistors289 million
230 mm²Die Size169 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 30th, 2006Release DateApr 17th, 2007
Radeon R500 AGP
(X1650)
FamilyGeForce 8
(8600)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Radeon R400 AGPPredecessorGeForce 7 PCIe
AGP 8xBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeDDR2
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
21.76 GB/sBandwidth12.80 GB/s

Performance

4.320 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.320 GPixel/s
4.320 GTexel/sTexture fillrate4.320 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

680 MHz
1360 Mbps effective
Memory Clock400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
540 MHzGPU Clock540 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
8ROPs8

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
55 WThermal design power (TDP)47 W
250 WSuggested PSU200 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
2.1OpenGL3.3
N/AOpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
3.0Shader Model4.0