ATI Radeon X800 PRO vs ATI Radeon 9800
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 PRO and ATI Radeon 9800 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 PRO
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 46% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 325 MHz
- 2.2x more texture fill rate: 5.7 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
- Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 580 MHz
- Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 65 vs 58
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 May 2004 vs 1 March 2003 |
Core clock speed | 475 MHz vs 325 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 5.7 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm vs 150 nm |
Maximum memory size | 256 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 900 MHz vs 580 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 65 vs 58 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800
- Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 37 Watt vs 48 Watt
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 191 vs 190
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 37 Watt vs 48 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 191 vs 190 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 PRO
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon X800 PRO | ATI Radeon 9800 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 65 | 58 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 190 | 191 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon X800 PRO | ATI Radeon 9800 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | R400 | Rage 8 |
Code name | R423 | R350 |
Launch date | 1 May 2004 | 1 March 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 920 | 921 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 475 MHz | 325 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 5.7 GTexel / s | 2.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 48 Watt | 37 Watt |
Transistor count | 160 million | 117 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | 1x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0 |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB / s | 18.56 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 580 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |