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

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9000 PRO 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 9000 PRO Mac Edition

ATI Radeon 9800 XT 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 XT Mac Edition

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 412 MHz vs 275 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 3.3 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 730 MHz vs 550 MHz

Core clock speed	412 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.3 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	730 MHz vs 550 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition	ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 9
Code name	RV250	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	275 MHz	412 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	3.3 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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.8 GB / s	23.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	730 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR