ATI Radeon X600 XT vs ATI Radeon X700 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X600 XT and ATI Radeon X700 PRO 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon X600 XT

ATI Radeon X700 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 XT

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 425 MHz
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 33 Watt

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 425 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 33 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 PRO AGP

Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 3.4 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 944 MHz vs 740 MHz

Texture fill rate	3.4 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	944 MHz vs 740 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X600 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700 PRO AGP

Name	ATI Radeon X600 XT	ATI Radeon X700 PRO AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	92
PassMark - G2D Mark	258

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X600 XT	ATI Radeon X700 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	R400
Code name	RV380	RV410
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	696	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	3.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	75 million	120 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	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.84 GB / s	15.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	740 MHz	944 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR