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.

 

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
27
35
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 1115 1116
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