ATI Radeon DDR vs GeForce 9800 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1040not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.07no data
Power efficiency0.68no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameG92Rage 6
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 July 2008 (16 years ago)1 April 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$160 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores112no data
Core clock speed600 MHz166 MHz
Number of transistors754 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt23 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.601
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs566

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 4x
Length229 mmno data
Height1-slotno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 amount1 GB32 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s5.312 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 ConnectorsHDTVDual Link DVI1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)7.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.11.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 July 2008 1 April 2000
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 23 Watt

9800 GT has an age advantage of 8 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 176.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI DDR, on the other hand, has 356.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GT and Radeon DDR. We've got no test results to judge.


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