ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 vs ATI Radeon X1300

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 and ATI Radeon X1300 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 Radeon X1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 460 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 1.84 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 82 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2007 vs 5 October 2005
Core clock speed	460 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.84 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	82 vs 58

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 237 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	237 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

235

237

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500	ATI Radeon X1300
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	58
PassMark - G2D Mark	235	237

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500	ATI Radeon X1300
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	M66	RV516
Launch date	1 June 2007	5 October 2005
Place in performance rating	740	729
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	460 MHz
Core clock speed	460 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	1.84 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	107 million
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	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	400 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	64 / 128	DDR
Shared memory	yes
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0