ATI FireGL X2-256 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL X2-256 and ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP 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 X2-256

ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X2-256

2.3x more core clock speed: 380 MHz vs 166 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm

Core clock speed	380 MHz vs 166 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL X2-256
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP

Name	ATI FireGL X2-256	ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark		6
PassMark - G2D Mark		151

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL X2-256	ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rage 6
Code name	R360	RS250
Launch date	1 March 2003	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1099
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	380 MHz	166 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	3.04 GTexel / s
Transistor count	117 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	7.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2
Shared memory		yes