NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT vs ATI Radeon X1900 XT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT and ATI Radeon X1900 XT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G96GPU NameR580
NB9E-GEModel numberR580 XT
(215BADBKA22FG)
TeslaArchitectureR500
UMCFoundryTSMC
65 nmProcess Size90 nm
314 millionTransistors384 million
144 mm²Die Size352 mm²

Graphics Card

Jul 29th, 2008Release Date2006
GeForce 9M
(9700M)
FamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1900)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 8MPredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
MXM-IIBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size256 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
25.60 GB/sBandwidth46.40 GB/s

Performance

5.000 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
45 WThermal design power (TDP)100 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

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