Radeon Pro V340 8 GB vs ATI 9500 PRO
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1492 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Rage 8 (2002−2007) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | R300 | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 October 2002 (22 years ago) | 26 August 2018 (6 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 | no data | 3584 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 275 MHz | 852 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 110 million | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 230 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.200 | 336.0 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 10.75 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 ×2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 224 ×2 |
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 | AGP 8x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 8-pin |
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 | DDR | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 8 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2048 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 270 MHz | 945 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 8.64 GB/s | 483.8 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2002 | 26 August 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 14 nm |
Pro V340 8 GB has an age advantage of 15 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 9500 PRO and Radeon Pro V340 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 9500 PRO is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Pro V340 8 GB is a workstation one.
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