NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540 vs ATI Radeon X1600

What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540 and ATI Radeon X1600. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV43GPU NameRV516
CurieArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryUMC
110 nmProcess Size80 nm
146 millionTransistors107 million
154 mm²Die Size100 mm²

Graphics Card

Aug 9th, 2004Release Date2007
Quadro FX GoFamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1600)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Quadro4 GoPredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
MXM-IIBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

128 MBMemory Size512 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR2
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
7.200 GB/sBandwidth12.80 GB/s

Performance

2.400 GPixel/sPixel fillrate2.540 GPixel/s
300.0 MVertices/sVertex fillrate317.5 MVertices/s
2.400 GTexel/sTexture fillrate2.540 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

225 MHz
450 Mbps effective
Memory Clock400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
300 MHzGPU Clock635 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs4
8ROPs4
8Pixel Shaders4
4Vertex Shaders2

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthSingle-slot
25 WThermal design power (TDP)27 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
2.0 (full)
2.1 (partial)
OpenGL2.1
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
3.0Shader Model3.0