ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition and ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP

  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 378 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 3.024 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 54 Watt vs 60 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 48% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 676 MHz
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 378 MHz
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s vs 3.024 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 676 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP

Essentials

Architecture Rage 9 R400
Code name R360 R420
Launch date 4 March 2004 1 March 2004
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 378 MHz 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 3.024 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 54 Watt
Transistor count 117 million 160 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP Pro 8x AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors None 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 9.0 9.0b
OpenGL 2.0 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 21.63 GB / s 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 676 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR GDDR3

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