Quadro FX 1000 vs ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Mobile IGP
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1529 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | R400 (2004−2008) | Rankine (2003−2005) |
| GPU code name | RS690 | NV30 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 28 February 2007 (18 years ago) | 21 January 2003 (22 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.
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 120 million | 125 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 130 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 1.600 | 2.400 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 4 | 8 |
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 | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x Molex |
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 | System Shared | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 9.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0b (9_2) | 9.0a |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 February 2007 | 21 January 2003 |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 130 nm |
ATI Xpress 1250 Mobile IGP has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Xpress 1250 Mobile IGP and Quadro FX 1000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Xpress 1250 Mobile IGP is a notebook graphics card while Quadro FX 1000 is a workstation one.
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