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
GPU 1
GPU 2
57
6
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
160
163
Name ATI Radeon 9800 XT ATI Radeon 9100
PassMark - G3D Mark 57 6
PassMark - G2D Mark 160 163

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon 9800 XT ATI Radeon 9100

Essentials

Architecture Rage 9 Rage 7
Code name R360 R200
Launch date 1 October 2003 1 April 2003
Place in performance rating 1056 1057
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

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

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors 1x Molex None

API support

DirectX 9.0 8.1
OpenGL 2.0 1.4

Memory

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