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.

 

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
46
3
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 1315 1316
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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