ATI Radeon 9000 LE vs ATI Radeon 9000 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9000 LE and ATI Radeon 9000 PRO 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 9000 LE

ATI Radeon 9000 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000 PRO

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 1.1 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9000 LE	ATI Radeon 9000 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 7
Code name	RV250	RV250
Launch date	1 July 2002	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	36 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.1
OpenGL	1.4	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR