ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI vs ATI Radeon 9500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI and ATI Radeon 9500 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 SE PCI

ATI Radeon 9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI

727.3x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9500

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 200 MHz
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 28 Watt
Around 63% higher memory clock speed: 540 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 200 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 28 Watt
Memory clock speed	540 MHz vs 332 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9500

Name	ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI	ATI Radeon 9500
PassMark - G3D Mark		36
PassMark - G2D Mark		173

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI	ATI Radeon 9500
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 8
Code name	RV280	R300
Launch date	1 March 2003	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	994
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	12 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	PCI	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0
OpenGL	1.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR