ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP vs ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP and ATI Radeon X1950 GT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP

ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 month(s) later

Launch date	28 February 2007 vs 29 January 2007

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 106 vs 36
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 279 vs 192

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	106 vs 36
PassMark - G2D Mark	279 vs 192

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

192

279

Name	ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP	ATI Radeon X1950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	36	106
PassMark - G2D Mark	192	279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2517
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2517

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP	ATI Radeon X1950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R500
Code name	RS690	RV570
Launch date	28 February 2007	29 January 2007
Place in performance rating	942	944
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$140
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Transistor count	120 million	330 million
Texture fill rate		6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		57 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3