ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition 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.

ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition

ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 60 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 60 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 378 MHz vs 275 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 3.024 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 676 MHz vs 550 MHz

Core clock speed	378 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.024 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	676 MHz vs 550 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 9
Code name	RV250	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	275 MHz	378 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	3.024 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	36 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP Pro 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0
OpenGL	1.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.8 GB / s	21.63 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	676 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR