Xe DG1 (iDG1LP) Mobile vs ATI Radeon X850 PRO

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1396not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Gen. 12 Xe (2020)
GPU code nameR480iDG1LPDEV
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 December 2004 (20 years ago)1 March 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data96
Core clock speed507 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors160 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm14 nm
Texture fill rate6.084no data
ROPs12no data
TMUs12no 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed520 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth33.28 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)no data
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2004 1 March 2020
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 3 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm

Xe DG1 (iDG1LP) Mobile has an age advantage of 15 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X850 PRO and Xe DG1 (iDG1LP) Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X850 PRO is a desktop card while Xe DG1 (iDG1LP) Mobile is a notebook one.


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