ATI Radeon X1600 PRO vs ATI Xpress X1200

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1355
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.43
Architectureno dataR500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameRS690MRV530
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2007 (17 years ago)1 October 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

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 cores4no data
Core clock speedno data500 MHz
Boost clock speed350 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data157 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data41 Watt
Texture fill rateno data2.000
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data4

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB256 MB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data390 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data12.48 GB/s
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 data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


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

ATI Xpress X1200 has a 12.5% more advanced lithography process.

ATI X1600 PRO, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Xpress X1200 and Radeon X1600 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Xpress X1200 is a notebook card while Radeon X1600 PRO is a desktop one.


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