ATI Mobility FireGL T2 vs ATI Radeon 9500

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility FireGL T2 and ATI Radeon 9500 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL T2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 320 MHz vs 275 MHz
  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 1.28 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 41 vs 36
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2003 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed 320 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate 1.28 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size 128 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 41 vs 36

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9500

  • Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 540 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 171
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 540 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 173 vs 171

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility FireGL T2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9500

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
41
36
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
171
173
Name ATI Mobility FireGL T2 ATI Radeon 9500
PassMark - G3D Mark 41 36
PassMark - G2D Mark 171 173

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility FireGL T2 ATI Radeon 9500

Essentials

Architecture Rage 8 Rage 8
Code name M10 R300
Launch date 1 November 2003 1 March 2003
Place in performance rating 994 996
Type Mobile workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 300 MHz
Core clock speed 320 MHz 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 150 nm
Pipelines 4
Texture fill rate 1.28 GTexel / s 1.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count 76 million 110 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 4x AGP 8x
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0 9.0
OpenGL 2.0 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s 17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width 200 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz 540 MHz
Memory type 128 DDR
Shared memory 0