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.

 

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

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