ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R423 | G98 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | R400 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 130 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 160 million | 210 million |
| Die size | 289 mm² | 86 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | NB9M-GS |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 28th, 2005 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R400 PCIe | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 226 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R300 | — |
| Successor | Radeon R500 PCIe | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 500 MHz | 580 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1450 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 32.00 GB/s | 11.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 16 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 6 | — |
| TMUs | 16 | 4 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| Shading units | — | 8 |
| SM count | — | 1 |
| Cache L2 | — | 16 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 8.000 GPixel/s | 2.320 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 750.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 8.000 GTexel/s | 2.320 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 23.20 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 12 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0b (9_2) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0b | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0b | — |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
| Shader model | — | 4.0 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Aug 15th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | NVS Mobile |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-I |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
