ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition and ATI Radeon X850 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 XT Mac Edition

ATI Radeon X850 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition

Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 54 Watt vs 69 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	54 Watt vs 69 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 475 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 7.6 GTexel / s
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1080 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s vs 7.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1080 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 XT

Name	ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition	ATI Radeon X850 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark		81
PassMark - G2D Mark		326

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition	ATI Radeon X850 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R400
Code name	R423	R480
Launch date	1 December 2004	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	495
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	54 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP Pro 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3