ATI FireGL X2-256T vs ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL X2-256T and ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 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 X2-256T

ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X2-256T

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 412 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 3.3 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 688 MHz vs 600 MHz

Core clock speed	412 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.3 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	688 MHz vs 600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm

Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL X2-256T
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Name	ATI FireGL X2-256T	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark		27
PassMark - G2D Mark		148

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL X2-256T	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rage 8
Code name	R360	RV350
Launch date	1 October 2003	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1101
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	412 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	3.3 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	117 million	76 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		18 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	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	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.02 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	688 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR