ATI Radeon 9800 XT vs ATI Radeon 9100
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9800 XT and ATI Radeon 9100 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 9800 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
- Around 65% higher core clock speed: 412 MHz vs 250 MHz
- Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 3.3 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
- 4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
- Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 730 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 9.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 57 vs 6
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 October 2003 vs 1 April 2003 |
Core clock speed | 412 MHz vs 250 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 3.3 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s |
Maximum memory size | 256 MB vs 64 MB |
Memory clock speed | 730 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 57 vs 6 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9100
- 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 60 Watt
- Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 163 vs 160
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 28 Watt vs 60 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 163 vs 160 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9800 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9100
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon 9800 XT | ATI Radeon 9100 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 57 | 6 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 160 | 163 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon 9800 XT | ATI Radeon 9100 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rage 9 | Rage 7 |
Code name | R360 | R200 |
Launch date | 1 October 2003 | 1 April 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 1055 | 1056 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 412 MHz | 250 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 3.3 GTexel / s | 2 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt | 28 Watt |
Transistor count | 117 million | 60 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 4x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0 | 8.1 |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 64 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 23.36 GB / s | 8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 730 MHz | 500 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | DDR |