3DMark03 measures performance by simulating games written to DirectX 9, which are contemporary games. We run this program in three resolutions, 1024x768x32, 1280x1024x32 and 1600x1200x32, first without antialiasing and anisotropic filtering, and then configuring antialising at 4x and anisotropic filtering also at 4x. This improves the video quality but lowers the performance. We were willing to see how much performance we lost by putting the VGA to run at the maximum possible image quality. It is important to note that ATI chips can run at 6x antialiasing. Since NVIDIA chips cannot run at this configuration, we had to use 4x antialiasing to use a configuration that is valid to all video cards included in our bechmarks, allowing direct comparison between them.

At a resolution of 1024x768 without any image quality enhancement, ATI Radeon X1600 XT was 10.11% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 16.09% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 28.20% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 92.94% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 126.55% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 169.67% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1600 XT achieved a performance similar to HIS Radeon X800 GT.

ATI Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 67.14% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 65.46% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 60.44% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT,  which was 47.13% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL,  which was 40.55% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E.,  which was 36.68% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT,  which was 20.01% faster and GeCube Radeon X800 GTO (which is factory-overclocked),  which was 14.04% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, ATI Radeon X1600 XT was 14.93% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 29.75% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 96.24% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 132.21% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 176.94% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1600 XT achieved a performance similar to HIS Radeon X800 GT and PowerColor Radeon X800 GT.

ATI Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT,  which was 87.89% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 82.03% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 76.28% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT,  which was 58.39% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL,  which was 53.69% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E.,  which was 48.55% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT,  which was 27.26% faster and GeCube Radeon X800 GTO (which is factory-overclocked),  which was 20.45% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, ATI Radeon X1600 XT was 4.15% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 14.12% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 34.46% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 97.72% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 148.47% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 194.66% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1600 XT achieved a performance similar to HIS Radeon X800 GT.

ATI Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT,  which was 103.04% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 98.62% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 91.26% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT,  which was 85.50% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL,  which was 65.12% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E.,  which was 58.85% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT,  which was 34.92% faster and GeCube Radeon X800 GTO (which is factory-overclocked),  which was 27.33% faster.

At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, ATI Radeon X1600 XT was 4.49% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 6.07% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 19.18% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 45.94% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 109.34% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 153.20% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 197.37% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 120.75% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 106.91% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 99.46% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 87.32% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT, which was 80.78% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 62.88% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, which was 38.99% faster and GeCube Radeon X800 GTO (which is factory-overclocked), which was 23.58% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements, ATI Radeon X1600 XT was 6.97% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 7.83% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 47.11% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 52.69% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 150.30% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 177.35% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 209.16% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 141.53% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 114.04% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 106.38% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 93.46% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT, which was 82.57% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 67.55% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, which was 38.03% faster and GeCube Radeon X800 GTO (which is factory-overclocked), which was 19.64% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements, ATI Radeon X1600 XT was 3.63% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 47.15% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 54.69% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 158.62% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 262.84% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 288.30% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1600 XT achieved a performance similar to PowerColor Radeon X800 GT.

ATI Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 177.26% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 143.03% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 131.48% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT, which was 121.12% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 118.64% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 89.16% faster, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, which was 51.28% faster and GeCube Radeon X800 GTO (which is factory-overclocked), which was 32.19% faster.