ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 vs ATI Radeon X700

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 and ATI Radeon X700 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 Radeon X700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 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
2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 130 vs 73

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2006 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	130 vs 73

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	248 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

130

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

248

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800	ATI Radeon X700
PassMark - G3D Mark	130	73
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	248

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800	ATI Radeon X700
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	M58	RV410
Launch date	1 March 2006	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	686	689
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	5.4 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	321 million	120 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		44 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	500 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0