GeForce 6500 and Radeon X1600 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6500 vs Radeon X1600
GeForce 6500
39
Radeon X1600
50
GeForce 6500
Radeon X1600
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ultra-Threaded SE
GPU code name
NV44 A2
RV516
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2005
2007
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Core clock speed
400 MHz
635 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
75 million
105 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
27 Watt
Texture fill rate
1.600
2.540
Memory type
DDR2
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
532 MHz
800 MBps
Memory bandwidth
8.512 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0c (9_3)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A