ATI FireGL 9800 X2-256 vs Radeon Graphics 448SP
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) | Rage 9 (2003−2006) |
| GPU code name | Renoir | R360 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (6 years ago) | 1 March 2003 (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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 448 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 380 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1900 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | 117 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 53.20 | 3.040 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.702 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 28 | 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 | IGP | AGP 8x |
| Width | IGP | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | System Shared | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 350 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 22.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
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 | Motherboard Dependent | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 9.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 (6.4) | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2020 | 1 March 2003 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 150 nm |
Graphics 448SP has an age advantage of 16 years, and a 2043% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Graphics 448SP and FireGL 9800 X2-256. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Graphics 448SP is a desktop graphics card while FireGL 9800 X2-256 is a workstation one.
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