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).

 

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
51
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 821 822
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