A10 PCIe vs Radeon 9700 PRO

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2006)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameR300GA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 July 2002 (21 year ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$80 $44

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data9216
Core clock speed325 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors110 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt
Texture fill rate2.600488.2

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsFloppy8-pin EPS

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed620 MHz12.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth19.84 GB/s600.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2002 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 8 nm

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