ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 XT and ATI Radeon 9700 PRO 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 XT

ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
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 July 2002
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 54 vs 35
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 149 vs 147

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	54 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	149 vs 147

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9600 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

147

149

Name	ATI Radeon 9600 XT	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	35	54
PassMark - G2D Mark	147	149

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9600 XT	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rage 8
Code name	RV360	R300
Launch date	1 October 2003	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1149	1135
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt
Transistor count	76 million	110 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	Floppy
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	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR