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.

ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI

ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition

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