NVIDIA GeForce 305M vs ATI Radeon X1650 XT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 305M and ATI Radeon X1650 XT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GT218GPU NameRV560
N11M-LP1Model numberRV560 XT
(215PAGAKA12FG)
Tesla 2.0ArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size80 nm
260 millionTransistors330 million
57 mm²Die Size230 mm²

Graphics Card

Jan 10th, 2010Release DateOct 30th, 2006
GeForce 300MFamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1650)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 200MPredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size256 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
64 bitMemory Bus128 bit
11.20 GB/sBandwidth22.40 GB/s

Performance

2.100 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.200 GPixel/s
4.200 GTexel/sTexture fillrate4.200 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

700 MHz
1400 Mbps effective
Memory Clock700 MHz
1400 Mbps effective
525 MHzGPU Clock525 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
4ROPs8

Board Design

14 WThermal design power (TDP)55 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

11.1 (10_1)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
3.3OpenGL2.1
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.1Shader Model3.0