A100 SXM4 80 GB vs ATI Radeon 9500
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1512 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.54 | no data |
| Architecture | Rage 8 (2002−2007) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | R300 | GA100 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 March 2003 (22 years ago) | 16 November 2020 (4 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 | 6912 |
| Core clock speed | 275 MHz | 1095 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1410 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 110 million | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 400 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.100 | 609.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 19.49 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 160 |
| TMUs | 4 | 432 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 432 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 20.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 40 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).
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 80 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 5120 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 270 MHz | 1593 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 17.28 GB/s | 2,039 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | no data | N/A |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | N/A |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2003 | 16 November 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 80 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 400 Watt |
ATI 9500 has 3233.3% lower power consumption.
A100 SXM4 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, a 127900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2042.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 9500 and A100 SXM4 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 9500 is a desktop graphics card while A100 SXM4 80 GB is a workstation one.
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