ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP vs ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP and ATI Radeon 9700 PRO 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 X1600 PRO AGP

ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 780 MHz vs 620 MHz

Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	780 MHz vs 620 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark		54
PassMark - G2D Mark		149

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 8
Code name	RV530	R300
Launch date	1 October 2007	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	1135
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.48 GB / s	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR