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.

ATI Radeon X800 PRO

ATI Radeon 9800

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

190

191

Name	ATI Radeon X800 PRO	ATI Radeon 9800
PassMark - G3D Mark	65	58
PassMark - G2D Mark	190	191

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 PRO	ATI Radeon 9800
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rage 8
Code name	R423	R350
Launch date	1 May 2004	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	913	915
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
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	1x Molex	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
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