ATI Mobility FireGL V5250 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1800

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility FireGL V5250 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 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 Mobility Radeon X1800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5250

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 252 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2007 vs 1 March 2006
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	252 vs 247

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1800

Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 130 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	130 vs 27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility FireGL V5250
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

130

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

252

247

Name	ATI Mobility FireGL V5250	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800
PassMark - G3D Mark	27	130
PassMark - G2D Mark	252	247

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility FireGL V5250	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	M66	M58
Launch date	1 January 2007	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	720	721
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	12	12
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-III
Laptop size	medium sized	large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	330 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	128	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0