NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q vs ATI FireGL 9800 X2-256T

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2008)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameR360GN20-E5 GA104
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date1 October 2003 (20 years old)4 January 2021 (3 years old)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data5120
Core clock speed412 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1290 MHz
Number of transistors117 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data80 Watt
Texture fill rate3.296237.4

Size and compatibility

Information on FireGL 9800 X2-256T and GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x MolexNone

Memory

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed688 MHz12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth22.02 GB/s320.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX9.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDAno data8.6

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 October 2003 4 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 8 nm

We couldn't decide between FireGL 9800 X2-256T and GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireGL 9800 X2-256T is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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ATI FireGL 9800 X2-256T
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