ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M68 | GT218 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | R500 | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 384 million | 260 million |
| Die size | 230 mm² | 57 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | GT218-200-B1 |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 11th, 2007 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M6x (Mobility X1) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M5x | — |
| Successor | M7x | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 400 MHz | 589 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 480 MHz 960 Mbps effective | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1402 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 30.72 GB/s | 6.400 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 36 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 8 | — |
| TMUs | 12 | 8 |
| ROPs | 12 | 4 |
| Shading units | — | 16 |
| SM count | — | 2 |
| Cache L2 | — | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.800 GPixel/s | 2.356 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 800.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 4.800 GTexel/s | 4.712 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 44.86 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | unknown | 31 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x DisplayPort1x VGA |
| Slot width | — | Single-slot |
| Length | — | 168 mm 6.6 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | None |
| Board number | — | P690 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| CUDA | — | 1.2 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Nov 26th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 200 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 9 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 400 |
