ATI Radeon 9700 vs GRID K260Q

Place in the ranking	595	1499
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.40	no data
Power efficiency	2.41	0.27
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code name	GK104	R300
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	28 June 2013 (12 years ago)	1 July 2002 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$937	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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	1536	no data
Core clock speed	745 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	110 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	37 Watt
Texture fill rate	95.36	2.200
Floating-point processing power	2.289 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	128	8
L1 Cache	128 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	Floppy

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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	270 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	17.28 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

No outputs

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

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	3.0	-

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.

GRID K260Q 7.05
+5323%

ATI 9700 0.13

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.

GRID K260Q 2949
+5464%

Samples: 4

ATI 9700 53
Samples: 10

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	7.05	0.13
Recency	28 June 2013	1 July 2002
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	37 Watt

GRID K260Q has a 5323% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 436% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 9700, on the other hand, has 508% lower power consumption.

The GRID K260Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9700 in performance tests.

Be aware that GRID K260Q is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 9700 is a desktop one.