ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 and ATI Mobility 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 240 MHz
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 350 MHz vs 240 MHz
2x more pipelines: 8 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
15.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 46 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2004 vs 1 September 2002
Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 240 MHz
Boost clock speed	350 MHz vs 240 MHz
Pipelines	8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	46 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

342.9x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 110

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	111 vs 110

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

111

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon 9800	ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	46	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	110	111

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon 9800	ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rage 7
Code name	M18	M9
Launch date	1 July 2004	1 September 2002
Place in performance rating	1309	1310
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	350 MHz	240 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	8	4
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	300 Bit	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	256	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
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