GMA 900 vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1374not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.34no data
ArchitectureUltra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)Generation 3.0 (2005)
GPU code nameRV530Alviso
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 February 2007 (17 years ago)2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed600 MHz333 MHz
Number of transistors157 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)44 Wattno data
Texture fill rate2.4001.332
ROPs44
TMUs44

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16FSB
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed700 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)9.0c
Shader Model3.03.0
OpenGL2.11.4
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 90 nm 130 nm

ATI X1650 PRO has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1650 PRO and GMA 900. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1650 PRO is a desktop card while GMA 900 is a notebook one.


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