ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 vs ATI Radeon X700

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 and ATI Radeon X700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

ATI Radeon X700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 5.1 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 500 MHz

Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	950 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700

Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 73 vs 45

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	73 vs 45

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

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GPU 2

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Name	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200	ATI Radeon X700
PassMark - G3D Mark	45	73
PassMark - G2D Mark	248	248

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200	ATI Radeon X700
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	M56	RV410
Launch date	1 February 2006	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	730	732
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	425 MHz
Core clock speed	425 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	120 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		44 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	475 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	950 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	128	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0