ATI Radeon X1600 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo 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

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 635 MHz vs 337 MHz
Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 2.54 GTexel / s vs 1.348 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 486 MHz
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 49 vs 25
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 137

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2007 vs 13 February 2004
Core clock speed	635 MHz vs 337 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.54 GTexel / s vs 1.348 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 486 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	49 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 137

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

137

Name	ATI Radeon X1600	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo
PassMark - G3D Mark	49	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	209	137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1019

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 8
Code name	RV516	M10
Launch date	1 January 2007	13 February 2004
Place in performance rating	1245	1169
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	635 MHz	337 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.54 GTexel / s	1.348 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	7.78 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	486 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR