ATI Mobility FireGL V5250 vs ATI FireGL V5100

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility FireGL V5250 and ATI FireGL V5100 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 V5250

ATI FireGL V5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5250

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 252 vs 250

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2007 vs 1 May 2004
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	252 vs 250

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5100

3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 93 vs 27

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	93 vs 27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility FireGL V5250
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

252

250

Name	ATI Mobility FireGL V5250	ATI FireGL V5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	27	93
PassMark - G2D Mark	252	250

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility FireGL V5250	ATI FireGL V5100
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	M66	R423
Launch date	1 January 2007	1 May 2004
Place in performance rating	676	678
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		211 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	330 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	128	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0