ATI Radeon X1600 vs ATI Radeon 9250

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 and ATI Radeon 9250 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 Radeon 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 635 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
16.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 49 vs 3
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2007 vs 1 March 2004
Core clock speed	635 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	49 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 127

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250

378x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

127

Name	ATI Radeon X1600	ATI Radeon 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark	49	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	209	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1019

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600	ATI Radeon 9250
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 7
Code name	RV516	RV280
Launch date	1 January 2007	1 March 2004
Place in performance rating	1277	1279
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	635 MHz	240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.54 GTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR