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

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition and ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition 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 XT Mac Edition

ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 412 MHz vs 378 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 3.3 GTexel / s vs 3.024 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 730 MHz vs 676 MHz

Core clock speed	412 MHz vs 378 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.3 GTexel / s vs 3.024 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	730 MHz vs 676 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rage 9
Code name	R360	R360
Launch date	14 March 2004	4 March 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	412 MHz	378 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	3.3 GTexel / s	3.024 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	117 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP Pro 8x	AGP Pro 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	23.36 GB / s	21.63 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	730 MHz	676 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR