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.

 

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
82
92
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 735 737
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