H100 CNX vs ATI FireGL 9700 X1-256
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 | Rage 8 (2002−2007) | Hopper (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | R300 | GH100 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 July 2002 (23 years ago) | 21 March 2023 (2 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 cores | no data | 14592 |
| Core clock speed | 325 MHz | 690 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1845 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 110 million | 80,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.600 | 841.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 53.84 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 24 |
| TMUs | 8 | 456 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 456 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 28.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 50 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 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 8-pin EPS |
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 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 80 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 5120 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 310 MHz | 1593 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 19.84 GB/s | 2,039 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 2x DVI | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | no data | N/A |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | N/A |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 9.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 July 2002 | 21 March 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 80 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 350 Watt |
ATI FireGL 9700 X1-256 has 845.9% lower power consumption.
H100 CNX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 20 years, a 31900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3650% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FireGL 9700 X1-256 and H100 CNX. We've got no test results to judge.
Other comparisons
We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.
