ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4 vs ATI X1900 CrossFire Edition

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1372	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.25	no data
Architecture	R500 (2005−2007)	Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code name	R580	R300
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	24 January 2006 (20 years ago)	1 July 2002 (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 speed	625 MHz	325 MHz
Number of transistors	384 million	110 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	10.00	2.600 ×4
ROPs	16	8 ×4
TMUs	16	8 ×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	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x Molex

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	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB ×4
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed	725 MHz	310 MHz
Memory bandwidth	46.4 GB/s	19.84 GB/s ×4

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

4x DVI

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 January 2006	1 July 2002
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	150 nm

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