ATI Radeon X1600 PRO vs ATI FireGL V3100

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO and ATI FireGL V3100 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 X1600 PRO

ATI FireGL V3100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 391 MHz
Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.564 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 99% higher memory clock speed: 780 MHz vs 392 MHz
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 99 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 391 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.564 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	780 MHz vs 392 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	99 vs 53

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3100

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 275 vs 273

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	275 vs 273

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

275

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	ATI FireGL V3100
PassMark - G3D Mark	99	53
PassMark - G2D Mark	273	275

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	ATI FireGL V3100
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	RV530	RV370
Launch date	1 October 2007	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	634	635
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	391 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	1.564 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	107 million
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	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.48 GB / s	3.136 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	392 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR