ATI FireGL X2-256 vs ATI Radeon 9200 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL X2-256 and ATI Radeon 9200 SE 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 X2-256

ATI Radeon 9200 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X2-256

Around 90% higher core clock speed: 380 MHz vs 200 MHz
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	380 MHz vs 200 MHz
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 332 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 SE

263.2x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 3.04 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 3.04 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL X2-256
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200 SE

Name	ATI FireGL X2-256	ATI Radeon 9200 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark		3
PassMark - G2D Mark		129

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL X2-256	ATI Radeon 9200 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rage 7
Code name	R360	RV280
Launch date	1 March 2003	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1223
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	380 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	3.04 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	117 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 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR