ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 vs ATI Mobility FireGL V3200

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 12 vs 4
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 88% higher memory clock speed: 940 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 92 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Boost clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	12 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	940 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	92 vs 62

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V3200

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 238 vs 236

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	238 vs 236

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

236

238

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600	ATI Mobility FireGL V3200
PassMark - G3D Mark	92	62
PassMark - G2D Mark	236	238

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600	ATI Mobility FireGL V3200
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	M56	M24
Launch date	1 February 2006	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	726	731
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz	400 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	12	4
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	75 million
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	medium sized
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	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	470 Bit
Memory clock speed	940 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	128	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0
PCIe