ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 vs ATI Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 and ATI Radeon X600 SE 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 X1700

ATI Radeon X600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 325 MHz
Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 1.9 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 105 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.9 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	105 vs 49

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 SE

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	229 vs 228

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

229

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700	ATI Radeon X600 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	105	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	228	229

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700	ATI Radeon X600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	M66	RV370
Launch date	1 February 2006	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	758	764
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	475 MHz
Core clock speed	475 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	1.9 GTexel / s	1.3 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	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	400 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	128	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0