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.

 

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
81
36
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 991 994
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