ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum vs ATI FireGL V7100

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum and ATI FireGL V7100 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 X850 XT Platinum

ATI FireGL V7100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 507 MHz
Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 8.64 GTexel / s vs 6.084 GTexel / s
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 67 Watt vs 91 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 1040 MHz

Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 507 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.64 GTexel / s vs 6.084 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	67 Watt vs 91 Watt
Memory clock speed	1180 MHz vs 1040 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7100

Name	ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum	ATI FireGL V7100
PassMark - G2D Mark		223
PassMark - G3D Mark		72

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum	ATI FireGL V7100
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R400
Code name	R480	R480
Launch date	21 December 2004	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	783
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,099
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	507 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	8.64 GTexel / s	6.084 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	67 Watt	91 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		211 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	37.8 GB / s	33.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1180 MHz	1040 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3