ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum vs ATI Radeon 9500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum and ATI Radeon 9500 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

ATI Radeon 9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 275 MHz
7.6x more texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 540 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 81 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2004 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1120 MHz vs 540 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	81 vs 36

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9500

5.3x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 63 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 170

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 63 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	173 vs 170

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9500

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

173

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum	ATI Radeon 9500
PassMark - G2D Mark	170	173
PassMark - G3D Mark	81	36

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum	ATI Radeon 9500
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rage 8
Code name	R423	R300
Launch date	1 March 2004	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	993	996
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	63 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	110 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.8 GB / s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1120 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR