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
GPU 1
GPU 2
65
58
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 920 921
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