ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition and ATI Radeon X1300 PRO 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 X1900 G5 Mac Edition

ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition

2.9x more texture fill rate: 6.9 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 575 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 75 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Name	ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark		84
PassMark - G2D Mark		313

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	R580	RV516
Launch date	6 November 2006	1 November 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	not rated	516
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	384 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	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR