ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 vs ATI Radeon X600

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 and ATI Radeon X600 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

ATI Radeon X600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 480 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 1.92 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2007 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	480 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.92 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	211 vs 210

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600

2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 57 vs 51

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	57 vs 51

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

210

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300	ATI Radeon X600
PassMark - G3D Mark	51	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	211	210

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300	ATI Radeon X600
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	M71	RV370
Launch date	1 March 2007	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	868	871
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	480 MHz
Core clock speed	480 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	4
Texture fill rate	1.92 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	107 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		36 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	400 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	128	DDR
Shared memory	no