ATI Radeon 9600 SE vs ATI Radeon 7000

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 SE and ATI Radeon 7000 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 Radeon 7000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 180 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 32 MB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 366 MHz
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27 vs 9

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2003 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 366 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	27 vs 9

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7000

422.3x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 144 vs 143

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	144 vs 143

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9600 SE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

144

Name	ATI Radeon 9600 SE	ATI Radeon 7000
PassMark - G3D Mark	27	9
PassMark - G2D Mark	143	144

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9600 SE	ATI Radeon 7000
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 6
Code name	RV350	RV100
Launch date	1 October 2003	19 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1137	1140
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	549 MTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million	30 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 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 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	7.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR