AMD Radeon 530X vs ATI Radeon X600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530X and ATI Radeon X600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon 530X

ATI Radeon X600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530X

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 400 MHz
15.3x more texture fill rate: 24.5 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
8x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.5 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600

Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600

Name	AMD Radeon 530X	ATI Radeon X600
Geekbench - OpenCL	28019
PassMark - G2D Mark		210
PassMark - G3D Mark		57

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530X	ATI Radeon X600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 9
Code name	Meso	RV370
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	839	836
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	784.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	24.5 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
API support
DirectX		9.0
OpenGL		2.0