ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 vs ATI Radeon X1300

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 and ATI Radeon X1300 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 Radeon X1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 940 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 92 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 5 October 2005
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	940 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	92 vs 58

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	237 vs 236

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

236

237

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600	ATI Radeon X1300
PassMark - G3D Mark	92	58
PassMark - G2D Mark	236	237

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600	ATI Radeon X1300
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	M56	RV516
Launch date	1 February 2006	5 October 2005
Place in performance rating	737	739
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	9.0c
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	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	940 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	128	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0