ATI Radeon 9700 PRO vs ATI Mobility 9700

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1427
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameM11R300
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 June 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.

Pipelines / CUDA cores6no data
Core clock speed450 MHz325 MHz
Boost clock speed450 MHzno data
Number of transistors76 million110 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm150 nm
Texture fill rate1.8002.600
ROPs48
TMUs48

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceAGP 8xAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataFloppy

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 amount256 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed275 MHz310 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.8 GB/s19.84 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.09.0 (9_0)
OpenGL2.02.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2004 1 July 2002
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 130 nm 150 nm

ATI Mobility 9700 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 15.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon 9700 and Radeon 9700 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon 9700 is a notebook card while Radeon 9700 PRO is a desktop one.


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