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.

ATI Radeon 9600

ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

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

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	1095	1097
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