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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 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
99
53
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 606 607
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