ATI Radeon 9000 PRO vs ATI Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9000 PRO 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 PRO

ATI Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000 PRO

Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 37 Watt
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 540 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 37 Watt
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 540 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700

2x more texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

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

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

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9000 PRO	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	275 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 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 DVI, 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	8.8 GB / s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR