ATI Radeon HD 4860 vs ATI Radeon X1600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4860 and ATI 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 4860

ATI Radeon X1600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4860

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 635 MHz
8.8x more texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
3.8x more memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 800 MHz
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 1019
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 1019

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2009 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 635 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 1019

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

4.8x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4860
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

1019

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

1019

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4860	ATI Radeon X1600
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	1019
PassMark - G3D Mark		49
PassMark - G2D Mark		209

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4860	ATI Radeon X1600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV790	RV516
Launch date	9 September 2009	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	1249	1252
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	635 MHz
Floating-point performance	896.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s	2.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2