ATI Radeon X300 vs ATI Radeon X600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X300 and ATI Radeon X600 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon X300

ATI Radeon X600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 375 MHz
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 57 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	210 vs 209
PassMark - G3D Mark	57 vs 41

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X300
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

210

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon X300	ATI Radeon X600
PassMark - G2D Mark	209	210
PassMark - G3D Mark	41	57

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X300	ATI Radeon X600
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rage 9
Code name	RV370	RV370
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	838	839
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	375 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	1.5 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR