ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP vs ATI Radeon X1800 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP and ATI Radeon X1800 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP

ATI Radeon X1800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 113 Watt

Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 1 October 2005
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 113 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 XT

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.8x more texture fill rate: 9.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 79% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 780 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 780 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon X1800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV530	R520
Launch date	1 October 2007	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	113 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.48 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3