ATI FireGL X2-256 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9200

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL X2-256 and ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 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 9200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X2-256

Around 90% higher core clock speed: 380 MHz vs 200 MHz
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 460 MHz

Core clock speed	380 MHz vs 200 MHz
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 460 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9200

263.2x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 3.04 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 3.04 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL X2-256
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9200

Name	ATI FireGL X2-256	ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
PassMark - G3D Mark		3
PassMark - G2D Mark		145

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL X2-256	ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rage 7
Code name	R360	M9+
Launch date	1 March 2003	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1163
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	380 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	3.04 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	117 million	36 million
Boost clock speed		250 MHz
Pipelines		4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	14.72 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	128
Shared memory		0