AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile vs ATI FireGL X1-256

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile and ATI FireGL X1-256 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile

ATI FireGL X1-256

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 37 Watt
17.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1034 vs 59
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 167

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 1 July 2002
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 37 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1034 vs 59
PassMark - G2D Mark	314 vs 167

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X1-256

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile
GPU 2: ATI FireGL X1-256

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1034

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

314

167

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile	ATI FireGL X1-256
PassMark - G3D Mark	1034	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	314	167
Geekbench - OpenCL	4468
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1850
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3180
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3180

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile	ATI FireGL X1-256
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Rage 8
Code name	Raven	R300
Launch date	1 February 2018	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1017	1015
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	110 million
Texture fill rate		2.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		620 MHz
Memory type		DDR