NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS vs ATI Radeon X1600 XT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS and ATI Radeon X1600 XT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G98GPU NameRV530
TeslaArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
65 nmProcess Size90 nm
210 millionTransistors157 million
86 mm²Die Size150 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 1st, 2008Release DateOct 1st, 2007
GeForce 9
(9300)
FamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1600)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 8PredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size256 MB
DDR2Memory TypeGDDR3
64 bitMemory Bus128 bit
5.328 GB/sBandwidth22.08 GB/s

Performance

2.268 GPixel/sPixel fillrate2.360 GPixel/s
2.268 GTexel/sTexture fillrate2.360 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

333 MHz
666 Mbps effective
Memory Clock690 MHz
1380 Mbps effective
567 MHzGPU Clock590 MHz

Render Config

4TMUs4
4ROPs4

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)42 W
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
1x VGA
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone
P561Board NumberA671

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
3.3OpenGL2.1
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model3.0