NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS vs ATI Radeon X1650 XT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS and ATI Radeon X1650 XT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G84GPU NameRV560
TeslaArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
80 nmProcess Size80 nm
289 millionTransistors330 million
169 mm²Die Size230 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 17th, 2007Release DateOct 30th, 2006
GeForce 8
(8600)
FamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1650)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 7 PCIePredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size256 MB
DDR2Memory TypeGDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
12.80 GB/sBandwidth22.40 GB/s

Performance

4.320 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.200 GPixel/s
4.320 GTexel/sTexture fillrate4.200 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
Memory Clock700 MHz
1400 Mbps effective
540 MHzGPU Clock525 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
8ROPs8

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
47 WThermal design power (TDP)55 W
200 WSuggested PSU250 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone
P403Board NumberA880

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
3.3OpenGL2.1
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model3.0