ATI Radeon 9250 vs ATI Radeon 9200 LE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9250 and ATI Radeon 9200 LE 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 9250

ATI Radeon 9200 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
960x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Launch date	1 March 2004 vs 1 May 2003
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 LE

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 240 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 240 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	128 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9250
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

128

Name	ATI Radeon 9250	ATI Radeon 9200 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	3	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	127	128

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9250	ATI Radeon 9200 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 7
Code name	RV280	RV280
Launch date	1 March 2004	1 May 2003
Place in performance rating	1229	1232
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	36 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		28 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	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.1
OpenGL	1.4	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR