ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI vs ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI and ATI Radeon 9800 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

  • 181.5x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 3.024 GTexel / s
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 60 Watt
Texture fill rate 549 MTexel / s vs 3.024 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 60 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 378 MHz vs 183 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
  • Around 85% higher memory clock speed: 676 MHz vs 366 MHz
Core clock speed 378 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size 128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed 676 MHz vs 366 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition

Essentials

Architecture Rage 6 Rage 9
Code name RV100 R360
Launch date 14 March 2004 4 March 2004
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 183 MHz 378 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 180 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 549 MTexel / s 3.024 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 30 million 117 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI AGP Pro 8x
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 7.0 9.0
OpenGL 1.3 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 2.928 GB / s 21.63 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 366 MHz 676 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR