ATI FireGL 9800 X2-256T vs Quadro FX 1800

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1168	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Power efficiency	1.23	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code name	G94	R360
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	30 March 2009 (16 years ago)	1 October 2003 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$489	no data

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	64	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	412 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	117 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	59 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	17.60	3.296
Floating-point processing power	0.176 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	12	8
TMUs	32	8
L2 Cache	48 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	198 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex

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	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	344 MHz
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	22.02 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

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

2x DVI

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	9.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	30 March 2009	1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	150 nm

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