ATI Radeon 9000 LE vs ATI Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9000 LE and ATI Radeon 9700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon 9000 LE

ATI Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000 LE

Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 37 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 37 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 540 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	540 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9000 LE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700

Name	ATI Radeon 9000 LE	ATI Radeon 9700
PassMark - G2D Mark		152
PassMark - G3D Mark		44

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9000 LE	ATI Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 8
Code name	RV250	R300
Launch date	1 July 2002	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	1090
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	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count	36 million	110 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 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0
OpenGL	1.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR