AMD FireStream 9250 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD FireStream 9250 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD FireStream 9250

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9250

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.5x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 37% higher memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 1450 MHz
8.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1165 vs 137

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 June 2008 vs 24 January 2006
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1165 vs 137

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 507 vs 465

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	507 vs 465

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FireStream 9250
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1165

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

465

507

Name	AMD FireStream 9250	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	1165	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	465	507

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FireStream 9250	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV770	R580
Launch date	16 June 2008	24 January 2006
Place in performance rating	299	293
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	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	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	63.6 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3