ATI Radeon HD 3200 vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3200 and ATI Radeon X1900 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3200

ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3200

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 1 May 2006
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 227
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 146 vs 82

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	409 vs 227
PassMark - G3D Mark	146 vs 82

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3200
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

409

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

146

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3200	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	227	409
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	146
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	386
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	386

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3200	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	R500
Code name	RS780M	R580
Launch date	4 June 2008	1 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1289	416
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40
Transistor count	181 Million	384 million
Texture fill rate		6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
API support
DirectX	10	9.0c
OpenGL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Shared memory	yes
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin