ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition vs GeForce 9300M GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1377not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.64no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameG98R360
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2008 (17 years ago)14 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 cores8no data
Core clock speed550 MHz412 MHz
Number of transistors210 million117 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)13 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate4.4003.296
Floating-point processing power0.0224 TFLOPSno data
Gigaflops34no data
ROPs48
TMUs88

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).

InterfaceMXM-IAGP Pro 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz365 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/s23.36 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2008 14 March 2004
Chip lithography 65 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 13 Watt 60 Watt

9300M GS has an age advantage of 4 years, a 130.8% more advanced lithography process, and 361.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9300M GS and Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9300M GS is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition is a desktop one.

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