ATI FireGL X1-128 vs ATI Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL X1-128 and ATI Radeon 9000 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.

ATI FireGL X1-128

ATI Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X1-128

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL X1-128
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9000

Name	ATI FireGL X1-128	ATI Radeon 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark		4
PassMark - G2D Mark		123

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL X1-128	ATI Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 7
Code name	R300	RV250
Launch date	1 July 2002	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	1253
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	110 million	36 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		28 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.84 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	620 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR