ATI FirePro V9800P vs GeForce 9800 GX2

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1034	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	no data
Power efficiency	0.57	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	G92	Cypress
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	18 March 2008 (18 years ago)	9 September 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$2,499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

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	256 (128 per GPU) ×2	1600
Core clock speed	600 MHz	850 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	197 Watt	225 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	38.40 ×2	68.00
Floating-point processing power	0.384 TFLOPS ×2	2.72 TFLOPS
ROPs	16 ×2	32
TMUs	64 ×2	80
L1 Cache	no data	160 KB
L2 Cache	64 KB	512 KB

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	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Height	2-slot	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-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 ×2	4 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit ×2	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128 (64 per GPU) ×2	147.2 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	HDMIDual Link DVI	1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
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)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.0
OpenGL	2.1	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 March 2008	9 September 2010
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	197 Watt	225 Watt