ATI FireGL V7600 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL V7600 and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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 V7600

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1450 MHz
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 616 vs 137

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 November 2007 vs 24 January 2006
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	616 vs 137

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 127 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 507 vs 488

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 127 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	507 vs 488

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL V7600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

616

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

488

507

Name	ATI FireGL V7600	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	616	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	488	507

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL V7600	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	R600	R580
Launch date	6 November 2007	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	300	297
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	127 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	720 million	384 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	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3