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.

ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition

ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP

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