NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL

What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G98GPU NameRV570
NB9M-GSModel numberRV570 XT
(215PADAKA12FG)
TeslaArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
65 nmProcess Size80 nm
210 millionTransistors330 million
86 mm²Die Size230 mm²

Graphics Card

Aug 15th, 2008Release DateJan 10th, 2007
NVS MobileFamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1950)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
MXM-IBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size512 MB x2
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
64 bitMemory Bus256 bit x2

Clock Speeds

700 MHz
1400 Mbps effective
Memory Clock690 MHz
1380 Mbps effective
580 MHzGPU Clock575 MHz

Render Config

4TMUs12 x2
4ROPs12 x2

Board Design

12 WThermal design power (TDP)130 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