ATI Radeon X600 XT vs ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X600 XT 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 X600 XT

ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 740 MHz vs 600 MHz
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 92 vs 27
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 148

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2004 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	740 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	92 vs 27
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 148

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 25 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 25 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X600 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

148

Name	ATI Radeon X600 XT	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	92	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	258	148

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X600 XT	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rage 8
Code name	RV380	RV350
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	696	1148
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	75 million	76 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.84 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	740 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR