ATI FireGL V3300 vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL V3300 and ATI Radeon X850 XT 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.

ATI FireGL V3300

ATI Radeon X850 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3300

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 520 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm

Launch date	1 October 2005 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT

3.5x more texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 1080 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 81 vs 71

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1080 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	81 vs 71

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL V3300
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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Name	ATI FireGL V3300	ATI Radeon X850 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	71	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	326	326

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL V3300	ATI Radeon X850 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	RV515	R480
Launch date	1 October 2005	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	493	494
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		69 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3