ATI Radeon X1950 PRO vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 PRO and ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 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 X1950 PRO

ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 550 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1300 MHz

Launch date	1 October 2006 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz vs 1300 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT

Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT

Name	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	318

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV570	M58
Launch date	1 October 2006	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	539	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	321 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	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.2 GB / s	41.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3