AMD FireStream 9170 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD FireStream 9170 and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD FireStream 9170

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 12.8 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1450 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 647 vs 137

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 November 2007 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.8 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	647 vs 137

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 507 vs 493

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	507 vs 493

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FireStream 9170
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

493

507

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

647

137

Name	AMD FireStream 9170	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark	493	507
PassMark - G3D Mark	647	137

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FireStream 9170	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV670	R580
Launch date	8 November 2007	24 January 2006
Place in performance rating	295	297
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	12.8 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3