ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 vs GeForce 6800

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1335not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameNV41M56
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 November 2004 (20 years ago)1 February 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$39.99 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data17
Core clock speed325 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speedno data450 MHz
Number of transistors190 million157 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm90 nm
Texture fill rate3.9001.800
ROPs84
TMUs124

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed300 MHz470 MHz
Memory bandwidth19.2 GB/s15.04 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model3.03.0
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)2.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 November 2004 1 February 2006
Chip lithography 130 nm 90 nm

ATI Mobility X1600 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 and Mobility Radeon X1600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6800 is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon X1600 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 6800
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