ATI Radeon DDR MAXX vs ATI Xpress 1250

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1441not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameRS690Rage 6
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date28 February 2007 (17 years ago)1 June 2000 (24 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 cores4no data
Core clock speed400 MHz148 MHz
Boost clock speed400 MHzno data
Number of transistors120 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm180 nm
Texture fill rate1.6000.89
ROPs42
TMUs46

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 x16AGP 2x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeSystem SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared32 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared148 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data4.736 GB/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 outputs2x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)7.0
OpenGL2.01.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 February 2007 1 June 2000
Chip lithography 80 nm 180 nm

ATI Xpress 1250 has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Xpress 1250 and Radeon DDR MAXX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Xpress 1250 is a notebook card while Radeon DDR MAXX is a desktop one.


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