ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 vs ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 and ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 135 vs 81
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 287 vs 170

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 January 2007 vs 1 March 2004
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	135 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	287 vs 170

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 960 MHz

Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1120 MHz vs 960 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

287

170

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum
PassMark - G3D Mark	135	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	287	170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1398

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	M68	R423
Launch date	11 January 2007	1 March 2004
Place in performance rating	997	1000
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	36
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count	384 million	160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		63 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	30.72 GB / s	35.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	470 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	960 MHz	1120 MHz
Memory type	256	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0