ATI Radeon X700 SE vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X700 SE and ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 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 X700 SE

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 71 vs 27
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 348 vs 158

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2005 vs 1 June 2004
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	71 vs 27
PassMark - G2D Mark	348 vs 158

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X700 SE
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

348

158

Name	ATI Radeon X700 SE	ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
PassMark - G3D Mark	71	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	348	158

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X700 SE	ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rage 9
Code name	RV410	M11
Launch date	1 April 2005	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	497	1097
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	120 million	76 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Pipelines		4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	4 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	275 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	128 / 64
Shared memory		0