ATI Radeon 9200 PCI vs ATI Radeon 9100

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9200 PCI and ATI Radeon 9100 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon 9200 PCI

ATI Radeon 9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Launch date	1 May 2003 vs 1 April 2003
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9100

2x more texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9200 PCI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9100

Name	ATI Radeon 9200 PCI	ATI Radeon 9100
PassMark - G3D Mark		6
PassMark - G2D Mark		163

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9200 PCI	ATI Radeon 9100
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 7
Code name	RV280	R200
Launch date	1 May 2003	1 April 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1081
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	36 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.1
OpenGL	1.4	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR