ATI Radeon 9600 SE vs ATI FireGL Z1-128

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 SE and ATI FireGL Z1-128 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 SE

ATI FireGL Z1-128

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm

Launch date	1 October 2003 vs 1 October 2002
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL Z1-128

2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 400 MHz

Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9600 SE
GPU 2: ATI FireGL Z1-128

Name	ATI Radeon 9600 SE	ATI FireGL Z1-128
PassMark - G3D Mark	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	143

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9600 SE	ATI FireGL Z1-128
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 8
Code name	RV350	R300
Launch date	1 October 2003	1 October 2002
Place in performance rating	1176	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 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	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR