ATI Radeon X850 PRO vs ATI Radeon 9100

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X850 PRO and ATI Radeon 9100 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

ATI Radeon 9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 507 MHz vs 250 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 6.08 GTexel / s vs 2 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: 1040 MHz vs 500 MHz
12.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 73 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2004 vs 1 April 2003
Core clock speed	507 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.08 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1040 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	73 vs 6

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9100

Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 163 vs 157

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	163 vs 157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X850 PRO
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

157

163

Name	ATI Radeon X850 PRO	ATI Radeon 9100
PassMark - G3D Mark	73	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	157	163

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X850 PRO	ATI Radeon 9100
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rage 7
Code name	R480	R200
Launch date	1 December 2004	1 April 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	1063	1060
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	507 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	6.08 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million	60 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		28 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	33.3 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1040 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR