ATI Radeon 9000 vs ATI 9000 PRO Mac Edition

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rage 7 (2001−2006)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	RV250	RV250
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	14 March 2004 (20 years ago)	1 July 2002 (22 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed	275 MHz	250 MHz
Number of transistors	36 million	36 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	28 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.100	1.000
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	4	4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	275 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8.8 GB/s	6.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	8.1	8.1
OpenGL	1.4	1.4
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

14 March 2004

1 July 2002

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