ATI Radeon X1700 SE vs ATI FireGL V7700

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1700 SE and ATI FireGL V7700 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 X1700 SE

ATI FireGL V7700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7700

Around 55% higher core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 12.43 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2.3x more memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	777 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.43 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1700 SE
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7700

Name	ATI Radeon X1700 SE	ATI FireGL V7700
PassMark - G3D Mark		660
PassMark - G2D Mark		422

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1700 SE	ATI FireGL V7700
Essentials
Architecture	R500	TeraScale
Code name	RV560	RV670
Launch date	30 November 2007	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	355
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	55 nm
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		497.3 gflops
Pipelines		320
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	2252 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR4