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.

 

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
73
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 687 690
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