ATI Radeon 9600 PRO vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 PRO and ATI Radeon 9600 XT 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 9600 PRO

ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 22 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 148 vs 147

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 22 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	148 vs 147

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 35 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	35 vs 27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

148

147

Name	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	27	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	148	147

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 9
Code name	RV350	RV360
Launch date	1 October 2003	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1148	1149
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	22 Watt
Transistor count	76 million	76 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	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR