ATI Radeon X800 XL vs NVS 300

Place in the ranking	1409	1485
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Power efficiency	1.20	0.25
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name	GT218	R430
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	8 January 2011 (15 years ago)	1 December 2004 (21 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	no data
Core clock speed	520 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	160 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	49 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.160	6.400
Floating-point processing power	0.03936 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	8	16
L2 Cache	32 KB	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin

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 type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	790 MHz	490 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB/s	31.36 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

1x DMS-59

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.2	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

NVS 300 0.29
+70.6%

ATI X800 XL 0.17

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

NVS 300 119
+72.5%

Samples: 354

ATI X800 XL 69
Samples: 11

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.29	0.17
Recency	8 January 2011	1 December 2004
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	49 Watt

NVS 300 has a 71% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 175% more advanced lithography process, and 172% lower power consumption.

The NVS 300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X800 XL in performance tests.

Be aware that NVS 300 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon X800 XL is a desktop one.