ATI FirePro V4800 vs ATI Radeon X1600
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1447 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.32 | no data |
| Architecture | Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | RV516 | Redwood |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 2007 (18 years ago) | 26 April 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $189 |
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 cores | no data | 400 |
| Core clock speed | 635 MHz | 775 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 105 million | 627 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 69 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.540 | 15.50 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.62 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 4 | 20 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | DDR2 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MBps | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 57.6 GB/s |
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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 69 Watt |
ATI X1600 has 155.6% lower power consumption.
ATI V4800, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon X1600 and FirePro V4800. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon X1600 is a desktop card while FirePro V4800 is a workstation one.
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