ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP vs ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP and ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum AGP 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 X800 XT Platinum AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 63 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 63 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum AGP

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1120 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R400
Code name	R430	R420
Launch date	1 May 2004	1 May 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	63 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	160 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	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	35.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1120 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3