ATI Radeon X1300 PRO AGP vs ATI Radeon X1800 XL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1300 PRO AGP and ATI Radeon X1800 XL 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 X1300 PRO AGP

ATI Radeon X1800 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300 PRO AGP

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 70 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 70 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 XL

3.3x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon X1800 XL
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV515	R520
Launch date	1 October 2005	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3