ATI Rage XL vs ATI Mobility Radeon M6

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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
Architectureno dataRage 3 (1997−1998)
GPU code nameM6Rage 3
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 December 2001 (23 years ago)1 August 1998 (26 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 cores2no data
Core clock speed2 MHz125 MHz
Boost clock speed166 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data8 million
Manufacturing process technology180 nm350 nm
Texture fill rateno data0.13
ROPsno data1
TMUsno data1

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 dataPCI
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 typeDDRSDR
Maximum RAM amount16 MB8 MB
Memory bus width32 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz83 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data664.0 MB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectXDDR6.0
OpenGLno data1.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2001 1 August 1998
Maximum RAM amount 16 MB 8 MB
Chip lithography 180 nm 350 nm

ATI Mobility M6 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 94.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon M6 and Rage XL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon M6 is a notebook card while Rage XL is a workstation one.


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