ATI Radeon X1600 PRO vs ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO and ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP 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 Radeon X1650 XT AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 34% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 55 Watt

Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 30 October 2006
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 55 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 4.32 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 1360 MHz vs 780 MHz

Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1360 MHz vs 780 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	99
PassMark - G2D Mark	273

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV530	RV560
Launch date	1 October 2007	30 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	634	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	21.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	1360 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3