ATI GameCube GPU vs GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Rage 5 (2000)
GPU code name	G92	Flipper
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 July 2008 (16 years ago)	24 August 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	no data

Detailed specifications

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 cores	128	no data
Core clock speed	725 MHz	162 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	51 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	46.40	0.65
Floating-point performance	0.448 gflops	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 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	162 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	1.296 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	6.0+
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	N/A
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 July 2008	24 August 2000
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	45 Watt

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