ATI Radeon X1650 AGP vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 AGP and ATI Radeon X850 XT 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 X1650 AGP

ATI Radeon X850 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm

Launch date	1 February 2007 vs 1 December 2004
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 1080 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1080 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1650 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 XT

Name	ATI Radeon X1650 AGP	ATI Radeon X850 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark		81
PassMark - G2D Mark		326

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1650 AGP	ATI Radeon X850 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	RV530	R480
Launch date	1 February 2007	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	532
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		69 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3