ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL vs ATI Radeon X800 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL and ATI Radeon X800 PRO 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

ATI Radeon X800 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm

Launch date	1 March 2005 vs 1 May 2004
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 PRO

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 350 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 5.7 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 660 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 190 vs 189
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 65 vs 60

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.7 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 660 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	190 vs 189
PassMark - G3D Mark	65 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 PRO

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

189

190

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL	ATI Radeon X800 PRO
PassMark - G2D Mark	189	190
PassMark - G3D Mark	60	65

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL	ATI Radeon X800 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R400
Code name	M26	R423
Launch date	1 March 2005	1 May 2004
Place in performance rating	920	921
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	5.7 GTexel / s
Transistor count	120 million	160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		48 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
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.56 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	660 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3