ATI Radeon X1950 XTX vs ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 XTX and ATI Radeon 9600 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 X1950 XTX

ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 10.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 600 MHz

Launch date	17 October 2006 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

6.9x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Name	ATI Radeon X1950 XTX	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark		27
PassMark - G2D Mark		148

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 XTX	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 8
Code name	R580+	RV350
Launch date	17 October 2006	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	not rated	1148
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	384 million	76 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	230 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4	DDR