ATI Radeon X1950 GT vs ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 GT and ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP 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 X1950 GT

ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 106 vs 30
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 279 vs 188

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 January 2007 vs 8 November 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	106 vs 30
PassMark - G2D Mark	279 vs 188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1950 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

279

188

Name	ATI Radeon X1950 GT	ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	106	30
PassMark - G2D Mark	279	188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2517
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2517

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 GT	ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	RV570	RS480
Launch date	29 January 2007	8 November 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$140
Place in performance rating	933	935
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	57 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	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3