ATI FireGL V7300 vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL V7300 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 V7300

ATI Radeon X850 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7300

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 520 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 9.5 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 128 vs 81

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2005 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed	594 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.5 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1296 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	128 vs 81

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT

Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 97 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 326 vs 322

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 97 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	326 vs 322

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL V7300
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

128

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

322

326

Name	ATI FireGL V7300	ATI Radeon X850 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	128	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	322	326

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL V7300	ATI Radeon X850 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	R520	R480
Launch date	1 October 2005	1 December 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599
Place in performance rating	500	494
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	594 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	9.5 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	97 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	321 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	41.5 GB / s	34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1296 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3