Tesla M10 vs ATI Radeon 9800

Place in the ranking	1508	598
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.29	2.45
Architecture	R300 (2003−2008)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	R350	GM107
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	1 March 2003 (23 years ago)	18 May 2016 (10 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	640 ×4
Core clock speed	325 MHz	1033 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1306 MHz
Number of transistors	117 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.600	52.24 ×4
Floating-point processing power	no data	1.672 TFLOPS ×4
ROPs	8	16 ×4
TMUs	8	40 ×4
L1 Cache	no data	320 KB
L2 Cache	no data	2 MB

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	AGP 8x	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	1x 8-pin

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	DDR	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	8 GB ×4
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed	290 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	18.56 GB/s	83.2 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

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

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0 (9_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	2.0	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	5.0

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

ATI 9800 0.14

Tesla M10 7.12
+4986%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI 9800 57
Samples: 1

Tesla M10 2968
+5107%

Samples: 21

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.14	7.12
Recency	1 March 2003	18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	150 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	225 Watt

ATI 9800 has 508% lower power consumption.

Tesla M10, on the other hand, has a 4986% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 436% more advanced lithography process.

The Tesla M10 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9800 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 9800 is a desktop graphics card while Tesla M10 is a workstation one.