ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 vs ATI Radeon X600

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 and ATI Radeon X600 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 X600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 940 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 92 vs 57
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 236 vs 210

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	940 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	92 vs 57
PassMark - G2D Mark	236 vs 210

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

236

210

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600	ATI Radeon X600
PassMark - G3D Mark	92	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	236	210

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600	ATI Radeon X600
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	M56	RV370
Launch date	1 February 2006	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	775	871
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	107 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		36 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 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	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 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