ATI Radeon X800 XL vs ATI Radeon X800 XT

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

ATI Radeon X800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XL

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 54 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 54 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 98 vs 69

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	98 vs 69

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 XL
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

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PassMark - G2D Mark

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Name	ATI Radeon X800 XL	ATI Radeon X800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	69	98
PassMark - G2D Mark	271	271

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 XL	ATI Radeon X800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R400
Code name	R430	R423
Launch date	1 December 2004	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	619	620
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	54 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	31.36 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	980 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3