ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition

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

ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition

166.4x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 60 Watt

Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 60 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition

2.3x more core clock speed: 412 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
Around 99% higher memory clock speed: 730 MHz vs 366 MHz

Core clock speed	412 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	730 MHz vs 366 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition	ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	Rage 9
Code name	RV100	R360
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	412 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s	3.3 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	AGP 4x	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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.928 GB / s	23.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	366 MHz	730 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR