ATI Radeon Xpress X1250 vs ATI Mobility X1600

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)no data
GPU code nameM56RS690M
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2006 (18 years ago)1 February 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores174
Core clock speed450 MHzno data
Boost clock speed450 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors157 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm80 nm
Texture fill rate1.800no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount256 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed470 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth15.04 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)no data
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2006 1 February 2007
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 80 nm

ATI Mobility X1600 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI Xpress X1250, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 12.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon X1600 and Radeon Xpress X1250. We've got no test results to judge.


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