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.

 

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

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