ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 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 X2500

ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 460 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 460 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 1.84 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s

Launch date	1 June 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	460 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	460 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.84 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 940 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 92 vs 82

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	940 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	92 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark	236 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

235

236

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	92
PassMark - G2D Mark	235	236

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	M66	M56
Launch date	1 June 2007	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	733	735
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	460 MHz	450 MHz
Core clock speed	460 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	12	12
Texture fill rate	1.84 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	15.04 GB / s
Memory bus width	400 Bit	470 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	940 MHz
Memory type	64 / 128	128
Shared memory	yes	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0