ATI Radeon 9250 vs ATI Rage 128 PRO Ultra GL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9250 and ATI Rage 128 PRO Ultra GL 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 Rage 128 PRO Ultra GL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 240 MHz vs 130 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 260.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 250 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 16 MB
Around 54% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 260 MHz

Launch date	1 March 2004 vs 1 August 1998
Core clock speed	240 MHz vs 130 MHz
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 260.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 250 nm
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 16 MB
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 260 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9250
GPU 2: ATI Rage 128 PRO Ultra GL

Name	ATI Radeon 9250	ATI Rage 128 PRO Ultra GL
PassMark - G3D Mark	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	127

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9250	ATI Rage 128 PRO Ultra GL
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7
Code name	RV280	Rage 128 GL
Launch date	1 March 2004	1 August 1998
Place in performance rating	1279	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	250 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	260.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	8 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	6.0
OpenGL	1.4	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	16 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	2.08 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	260 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR