ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI vs ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI and ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI

  • 499.1x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
  • Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 28 Watt
Texture fill rate 549 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 28 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 183 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 32 MB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 366 MHz
Core clock speed 275 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size 64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed 550 MHz vs 366 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition

Essentials

Architecture Rage 6 Rage 7
Code name RV100 RV250
Launch date 14 March 2004 14 March 2004
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 183 MHz 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 180 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 549 MTexel / s 1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt 28 Watt
Transistor count 30 million 36 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video 2x DVI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 7.0 8.1
OpenGL 1.3 1.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 2.928 GB / s 8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 366 MHz 550 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR