ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1800

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470

ATI Mobility Radeon X1800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 450 MHz
3.3x more pipelines: 40 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 250 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2008 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines	40 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	250 vs 247

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1800

Around 99% higher texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 2.72 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 130 vs 93

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 2.72 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	130 vs 93

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

130

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

250

247

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800
PassMark - G3D Mark	93	130
PassMark - G2D Mark	250	247

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	M82	M58
Launch date	7 January 2008	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	719	721
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	54.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40	12
Texture fill rate	2.72 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	321 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-III
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2 / GDDR3	256
Shared memory	0	0