ATI Radeon 9800 XT vs ATI X1900 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	1424
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	0.17
Architecture	R500 (2005−2007)	Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code name	R580	R360
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	24 January 2006 (18 years ago)	1 October 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data

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	412 MHz
Number of transistors	384 million	117 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.00	3.296
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	16	8

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	AGP 8x
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 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	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	725 MHz	365 MHz
Memory bandwidth	46.4 GB/s	23.36 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 S-Video

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	9.0
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1 (full) 3.0 (partial)	2.0
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 January 2006	1 October 2003
Chip lithography	90 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	60 Watt

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