ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP vs ATI FireGL X2-256T

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP and ATI FireGL X2-256T videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP

ATI FireGL X2-256T

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 412 MHz
Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 688 MHz

Launch date	4 September 2005 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 412 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 688 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP	ATI FireGL X2-256T
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rage 9
Code name	R481	R360
Launch date	4 September 2005	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	412 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	3.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	22.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	688 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2