ATI Radeon DDR VIVO vs ATI 9000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1515not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.02no data
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameRV250Rage 6
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 July 2002 (22 years ago)14 August 2001 (23 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 speed250 MHz183 MHz
Number of transistors36 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)28 Wattno data
Texture fill rate1.0001.098
ROPs42
TMUs46

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xAGP 4x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRDDR
Maximum RAM amount64 MB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz183 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s5.856 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x VGA, 2x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.17.0
OpenGL1.41.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2002 14 August 2001
Chip lithography 150 nm 180 nm

ATI 9000 has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9000 and Radeon DDR VIVO. We've got no test results to judge.


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