ATI FireMV 2200 vs ATI Radeon X600 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI FireMV 2200 and ATI Radeon X600 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 January 2006 vs 1 September 2004
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 259 vs 258

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 XT

  • Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 324 MHz
  • Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
  • Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 740 MHz vs 392 MHz
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 92 vs 36
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate 2 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 740 MHz vs 392 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 92 vs 36

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireMV 2200
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
259
258
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
36
92
Name ATI FireMV 2200 ATI Radeon X600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 259 258
PassMark - G3D Mark 36 92

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI FireMV 2200 ATI Radeon X600 XT

Essentials

Architecture Rage 9 Rage 9
Code name RV370 RV380
Launch date 1 January 2006 1 September 2004
Place in performance rating 653 654
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 324 MHz 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 1.296 GTexel / s 2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 107 million 75 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DMS-59 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 9.0 9.0b
OpenGL 2.0 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 3.136 GB / s 11.84 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 392 MHz 740 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR