ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP vs ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP and ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP

ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 378 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 3.024 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 60 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 48% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 676 MHz

Launch date	1 May 2004 vs 4 March 2004
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 378 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 3.024 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 676 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rage 9
Code name	R430	R360
Launch date	1 May 2004	4 March 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	378 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	3.024 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP Pro 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	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	21.63 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	676 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR