ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 vs ATI Radeon X1700 FSC

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Radeon X1700 FSC 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670

ATI Radeon X1700 FSC

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 587 MHz
9.2x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 2.348 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 44 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1390 MHz

Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 5 November 2007
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 587 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 2.348 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 44 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1390 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1700 FSC

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	ATI Radeon X1700 FSC
PassMark - G3D Mark	463
PassMark - G2D Mark	375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2907
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2907

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	ATI Radeon X1700 FSC
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	M96	RV535
Launch date	9 January 2009	5 November 2007
Place in performance rating	709	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	587 MHz
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	2.348 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	44 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	22.24 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1390 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay