ATI FireGL Z1-128 vs ATI Radeon 9500 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL Z1-128 and ATI Radeon 9500 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI FireGL Z1-128

ATI Radeon 9500 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL Z1-128

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 540 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 540 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9500 PRO

Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL Z1-128	ATI Radeon 9500 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 8
Code name	R300	R300
Launch date	1 October 2002	1 October 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	110 million	110 million
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	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.84 GB / s	8.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	620 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR