ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 vs ATI FireGL V3200

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 and ATI FireGL V3200 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 Radeon X1600

ATI FireGL V3200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 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 34% higher memory clock speed: 940 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 92 vs 85

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 1 September 2004
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	940 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	92 vs 85

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3200

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

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GPU 2

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Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600	ATI FireGL V3200
PassMark - G3D Mark	92	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	236	236

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600	ATI FireGL V3200
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	M56	RV380
Launch date	1 February 2006	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	775	778
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	75 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		46 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.04 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	470 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	940 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	128	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0