ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP vs ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP and ATI Radeon 9600 SE 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 X800 GTO AGP

ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 325 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 980 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 162 vs 143
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 115 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2005 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	980 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	162 vs 143
PassMark - G3D Mark	115 vs 27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 SE

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

162

143

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

Name	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP	ATI Radeon 9600 SE
PassMark - G2D Mark	162	143
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	27

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP	ATI Radeon 9600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rage 8
Code name	R430	RV350
Launch date	1 October 2005	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1067	1176
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt
Transistor count	160 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	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	31.36 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	980 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR