ATI Radeon X600 PRO vs ATI FireGL V5100

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X600 PRO and ATI FireGL V5100 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 X600 PRO

ATI FireGL V5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 252 vs 250

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2004 vs 1 May 2004
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	252 vs 250

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5100

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 93 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	93 vs 67

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X600 PRO
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

252

250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon X600 PRO	ATI FireGL V5100
PassMark - G2D Mark	252	250
PassMark - G3D Mark	67	93

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X600 PRO	ATI FireGL V5100
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	R400
Code name	RV370	R423
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 May 2004
Place in performance rating	676	677
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		211 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR