ATI Radeon X600 SE vs ATI Radeon X600 XT

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

ATI Radeon X600 SE

ATI Radeon X600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 SE

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm

Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 XT

Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 36 Watt
Around 48% higher memory clock speed: 740 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 229
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 92 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 36 Watt
Memory clock speed	740 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 229
PassMark - G3D Mark	92 vs 49

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X600 SE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

229

258

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon X600 SE	ATI Radeon X600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	229	258
PassMark - G3D Mark	49	92

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X600 SE	ATI Radeon X600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rage 9
Code name	RV370	RV380
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	802	696
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	4 GB / s	11.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	740 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR