ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition 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
- 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 | ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 4x | AGP 4x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 7.0 | 8.1 |
OpenGL | 1.3 | 1.4 |
Memory |
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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 |