Radeon Graphics 384SP Mobile vs GeForce 9800M GS
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1086 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.58 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | G94 | Renoir |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 November 2008 (17 years ago) | 6 January 2020 (5 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 cores | 64 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 530 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | 9,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 16.96 | 36.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1696 TFLOPS | 1.152 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 254 | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 32 | 24 |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | 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_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.7 (6.4) |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 November 2008 | 6 January 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 15 Watt |
Graphics 384SP Mobile has an age advantage of 11 years, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.
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