ATI Radeon 9800 PRO vs ATI Mobility X800XT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1418
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.22
Architectureno dataRage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameM28ProR350
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date8 June 2005 (19 years ago)1 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores22no data
Core clock speed6 MHz380 MHz
Boost clock speed480 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data117 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data47 Watt
Texture fill rateno data3.040
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data8

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 type256DDR
Maximum RAM amountno data128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed550 MHz340 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data21.76 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 data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data9.0 (9_0)
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 June 2005 1 March 2003
Chip lithography 130 nm 150 nm

ATI Mobility X800XT has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 15.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon X800XT and Radeon 9800 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon X800XT is a notebook card while Radeon 9800 PRO is a desktop one.


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