ATI Radeon X1650 PRO vs ATI Radeon X300 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 PRO and ATI Radeon X300 SE 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 PRO

ATI Radeon X300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 325 MHz
Around 85% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 85 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 August 2006 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	85 vs 38

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300 SE

Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 44 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 44 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	242 vs 241

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

241

242

Name	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO	ATI Radeon X300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	85	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	241	242

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO	ATI Radeon X300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	RV535	RV370
Launch date	23 August 2006	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	715	717
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR