AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM vs ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM and ATI Radeon X1600 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 500 MHz
14.9x more texture fill rate: 29.76 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
5.9x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 273
14.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1420 vs 99

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 1 October 2007
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	388 vs 273
PassMark - G3D Mark	1420 vs 99

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

388

273

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1420

Name	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
PassMark - G2D Mark	388	273
PassMark - G3D Mark	1420	99
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Cape Verde	RV530
Launch date	21 December 2013	1 October 2007
Place in performance rating	608	611
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Boost clock speed	930 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	41 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	12.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	780 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3