ATI Radeon HD 2400 vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2400 and ATI Radeon 9800 XT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 2400

ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2400

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 60 Watt
Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 990 MHz vs 730 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 121 vs 57
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 February 2008 vs 1 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 60 Watt
Memory clock speed	990 MHz vs 730 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	121 vs 57
PassMark - G2D Mark	298 vs 160

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 412 MHz vs 398 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 3.3 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	412 MHz vs 398 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.3 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2400
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

298

160

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2400	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	298	160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	635

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2400	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	RV610	R360
Launch date	19 February 2008	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1054	1056
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	398 MHz	412 MHz
Floating-point performance	31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	1.592 GTexel / s	3.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	180 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	7.92 GB / s	23.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	990 MHz	730 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR