AMD Radeon R6 M255DX vs ATI Radeon 9200 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and ATI Radeon 9200 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

ATI Radeon 9200 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 239 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
201.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 605 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2014 vs 1 May 2003
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 239 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	605 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 PRO

Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 116

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	135 vs 116

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200 PRO

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

135

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

605

Name	AMD Radeon R6 M255DX	ATI Radeon 9200 PRO
Geekbench - OpenCL	17123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3563
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3563
PassMark - G2D Mark	116	135
PassMark - G3D Mark	605	3

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R6 M255DX	ATI Radeon 9200 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 7
Code name	Jet	RV280
Launch date	7 January 2014	1 May 2003
Place in performance rating	1197	1195
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	239 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	576
Transistor count	1,040 million	36 million
Texture fill rate		956 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		28 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.4
Memory
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		5.25 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		328 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay