ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP vs ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP and ATI Radeon X850 PRO 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 X850 PRO AGP

ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later

Launch date	4 September 2005 vs 1 December 2004

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 507 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 6.08 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1040 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	507 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.08 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1040 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Name	ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon X850 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark		73
PassMark - G2D Mark		157

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon X850 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R400
Code name	R481	R480
Launch date	4 September 2005	1 December 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$279
Place in performance rating	not rated	1096
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	507 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	6.08 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million	160 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	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	33.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1040 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3