ATI Radeon X1300 vs ATI FireGL V3200

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1300 and ATI FireGL V3200 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon X1300

ATI FireGL V3200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 October 2005 vs 1 September 2004
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	237 vs 236

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3200

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 85 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	85 vs 58

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1300
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

237

236

Name	ATI Radeon X1300	ATI FireGL V3200
PassMark - G3D Mark	58	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	237	236

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1300	ATI FireGL V3200
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	RV516	RV380
Launch date	5 October 2005	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	739	740
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	75 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		46 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR