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.

 

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
GPU 1
GPU 2
69
98
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
271
271
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 620 621
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