ATI FireGL X3-256 vs ATI Mobility FireGL T2e

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL X3-256 and ATI Mobility FireGL T2e videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI FireGL X3-256

ATI Mobility FireGL T2e

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X3-256

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 491 MHz vs 450 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 908 MHz vs 450 MHz

Core clock speed	491 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	908 MHz vs 450 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL X3-256	ATI Mobility FireGL T2e
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rage 9
Code name	R420	M11
Launch date	3 August 2004	1 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,099
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	491 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	57 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	76 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Pipelines		4
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
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	7.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	260 Bit
Memory clock speed	908 MHz	450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		0