Radeon Pro Duo Polaris vs GeForce 9800 GTX

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	957	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.08	no data
Power efficiency	1.01	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	G92	Ellesmere
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	28 March 2008 (17 years ago)	24 April 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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	128	2304 ×2
Core clock speed	675 MHz	1243 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	43.20	179.0 ×2
Floating-point processing power	0.4321 TFLOPS	5.728 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	16	32 ×2
TMUs	64	144 ×2
L1 Cache	no data	576 KB
L2 Cache	64 KB	2 MB

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	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	305 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB ×2
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	224.0 GB/s ×2

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	HDTVDual Link DVI	1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	Via Adapter	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	4.0	6.7
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 March 2008	24 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	250 Watt

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