ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition vs FirePro V3900
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1012 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.32 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Rage 9 (2003−2006) |
| GPU code name | Turks | R360 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 February 2012 (13 years ago) | 4 March 2004 (21 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 | 480 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 378 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 117 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 199 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 3.024 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.624 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 48 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no data |
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).
| Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP Pro 8x |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Form factor | half height / half length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 338 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28 GB/s | 21.63 GB/s |
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 DisplayPort | 2x DVI |
| DisplayPort count | 1 | no data |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
| HD сomponent video output | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 February 2012 | 4 March 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 199 Watt | 60 Watt |
FirePro V3900 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 9800 PRO Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 231.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro V3900 and Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro V3900 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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