ATI Radeon 9250 PCI vs ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9250 PCI and ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum 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 9250 PCI

ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250 PCI

115.4x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

2.2x more core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1120 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9250 PCI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Name	ATI Radeon 9250 PCI	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum
PassMark - G2D Mark		170
PassMark - G3D Mark		81

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9250 PCI	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	R400
Code name	RV280	R423
Launch date	1 March 2004	1 March 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	991
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		63 Watt
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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0c
OpenGL	1.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	35.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	1120 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3