GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs Mobility Radeon X1600

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameM56AD103
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2006 (18 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$17.99 no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores179728
Core clock speed5 MHzno data
Boost clock speed450 MHz1455 MHz
Number of transistors157 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data80 Watt
Texture fill rate1.800442.3

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon X1600 and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR/DDR2/GDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed940 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth15.04 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2006 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 4 nm

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon X1600 and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon X1600 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a desktop one.


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ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
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