ATI Radeon X1800 XL vs ATI Radeon X1800 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1800 XL and ATI Radeon X1800 XT 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 X1800 XL

ATI Radeon X1800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 XL

Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 113 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 113 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 XT

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 9.6 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1800 XL	ATI Radeon X1800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	R520	R520
Launch date	1 October 2005	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	113 Watt
Transistor count	321 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3