ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 vs ATI FireGL V5100

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 and ATI FireGL V5100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon X1800

ATI FireGL V5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 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 43% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 130 vs 93

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2006 vs 1 May 2004
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	130 vs 93

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5100

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 250 vs 247

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	250 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1800
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

130

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

250

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800	ATI FireGL V5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	130	93
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	250

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800	ATI FireGL V5100
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	M58	R423
Launch date	1 March 2006	1 May 2004
Place in performance rating	721	723
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	321 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		211 mm
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	32.0 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	500 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0