ATI Radeon 9600 vs ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 and ATI Radeon 9600 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

ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 18 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 150 vs 148

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 18 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	150 vs 148

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Around 23% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 324 MHz
Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 59% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 378 MHz
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27 vs 25

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 378 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	27 vs 25

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

148

Name	ATI Radeon 9600	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	25	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	150	148

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9600	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 8
Code name	RV350	RV350
Launch date	1 October 2003	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1100	1101
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	324 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.296 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	18 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	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.05 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	378 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR