ATI Mobility Radeon X300 vs Quadro NVS 130M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1451 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.77 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Rage 9 (2003−2006) |
| GPU code name | G86 | M22 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 9 May 2007 (19 years ago) | 1 November 2005 (20 years ago) |
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 | 8 | 6 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 107 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 1.600 | 1.400 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0128 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 4 | 4 |
| L2 Cache | 16 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 |
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 | DDR2 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.2 GB/s | 4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0b |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 May 2007 | 1 November 2005 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 110 nm |
NVS 130M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 38% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 130M and Mobility Radeon X300. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro NVS 130M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Mobility Radeon X300 is a mobile workstation one.
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