ATI Radeon X1800 XL vs ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1800 XL and ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon X1800 XL

ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 XL

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 980 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 980 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 70 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 70 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1800 XL
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Name	ATI Radeon X1800 XL	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
PassMark - G2D Mark		162
PassMark - G3D Mark		115

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1800 XL	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	R520	R430
Launch date	1 October 2005	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	1036
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	321 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	31.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	980 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3