ATI Radeon X1600 XT vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 XT and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon X1600 XT

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 590 MHz vs 480 MHz
Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 2.36 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 73% higher memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 116 vs 51
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 356 vs 211

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	590 MHz vs 480 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.36 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	116 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	356 vs 211

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 XT
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

356

211

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 XT	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
PassMark - G3D Mark	116	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	356	211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1745

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 XT	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV530	M71
Launch date	1 October 2007	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	822	823
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	590 MHz	480 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	2.36 GTexel / s	1.92 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		480 MHz
Pipelines		4
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
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.08 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		no