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.

ATI Radeon 9800 XT

ATI Radeon 9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 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

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	1080	1081
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