ATI Radeon 9600 vs ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 150 vs 149
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2003 vs 1 July 2002
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 150 vs 149

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

  • 2x more texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
  • Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 378 MHz
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 54 vs 25
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 325 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate 2.6 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed 620 MHz vs 378 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 54 vs 25

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25
54
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
150
149
Name ATI Radeon 9600 ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark 25 54
PassMark - G2D Mark 150 149

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon 9600 ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Essentials

Architecture Rage 8 Rage 8
Code name RV350 R300
Launch date 1 October 2003 1 July 2002
Place in performance rating 1100 1102
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 324 MHz 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 1.296 GTexel / s 2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 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 64 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.05 GB / s 19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 378 MHz 620 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR